Disputes over bounced cheques worth 230m resolved

DUBAI: The Al Muraqqabat Dubai Police Station amicably resolved bounced cheques reports worth Dhs230,000,000 during first quarter of 2021.

Major General Ali Ahmed Abdullah Ghanem, Director of Al Muraqqabat Police Station, praised the efforts of the Tolerance Section at the Station, which was established in 2019 to amicably setle reported family conflicts and financial disputes.

“Numerous reports have been dismissed ater concerned parties were given an official chance to peacefully discuss their problems,” Maj. General Ghanem ensured.

“The police officers play the role of official mediators without any introversion and facilitate the setlement process while ensuring that the rights of both parties are reserved,” the director of Al Muraqqabat Police Station explained.

Maj. General Ghanem pointed out that with the previous procedure, the reports directly referred to the Public Prosecution. However, the amicable setlement programme adopted by Dubai Police has contained the disputes and reduced their negative effects on all parties.

Maj. General Ghanem also confirmed that the Station has been taking preventative measures to combat this crime by assigning teams to track down wanted defendants in bounced checks cases, monitor them, and present them to the judiciary.

DUBAI POLICE CATCH A GROUP OF THIEVES: In less than 10 hours of receiving the report of incident, the Dubai Police, represented by the Criminal Investigations Affairs Department, caught a group of thieves of European nationalities who stole jewellery and expensive watches worth Dhs13 million from a car showroom.

Lt. General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-chief of the Dubai Police, stressed that the team from the department exerted significant efforts to catch the suspects and retrieve the stolen valuables, highlighting the full readiness of police field teams to address all types of incidents, and noting the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs at the Dubai Police, stated that the gang took advantage of the showroom’s weak security measures, broke through its glass barrier in a record time and stole motorcycles without leaving a trace, noting that the gang comprises three individuals of European nationalities who are experienced thieves.

Brigadier Jamal Al Jallaf, Director of Criminal Investigation Department at the Dubai Police, said the Dubai Police received an emergency call informing them about the robbery at the car showroom, noting that ater heading to the showroom, the caller, who is of Arabic nationality, informed them that upon arriving at 9:00, he noticed the disappearance of the showcased jewellery.