Thieves change looks to evade arrest
DUBAI: In a sophisticated police operation, the Dubai Police have recently arrested two Europeans for stealing expensive jewellery from a store within only 12 hours of receiving the thet report, despite using deceptive methods of disguise, including eyeglasses and wigs.
The arrest was made ater the Dubai Police Command and Control Centre received an emergency call reporting some expensive jewellery stolen from a jewellery shop display. Security patrols were immediately dispatched to the scene and spoke to the shop owner, who confirmed the thet.
Dubai Police then reviewed the CCTV footage showing the suspects commiting their crime while hiding their identity by wearing face masks and flat hats.
Thorough investigations revealed that the suspects had entered a building under construction and disguised themselves before they commited their crime, using simple and silent tools to break into the display and steal the jewellery.
Dubai Police collected evidence, lited fingerprints from the crime scene, and tracked the suspects’ movements. They further concluded that the suspects had let the crime scene, entered a building under construction to change their atire, and returned to their hotel, leaving their shoes and disguise tools behind in a landfill for construction waste.
Upon inspecting the suspects’ hotel room, Dubai Police recovered a torn piece of paper detailing the crime plot and method. They then pursued the suspects who had boarded a plane in an atempt to escape the country.
Dubai Police arrested the suspects, recovered the stolen jewellery from one of their bags, and seized the crime tools in their possession.