Four workers caught on camera stealing furniture stand trial

dubai — A four-member gang, involved in stealing furniture, appeared at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Tuesday, facing theft charges.

Public prosecution records show a Nepalese accommodation supervisor, two security guards (Indian and Nepalese) and a Bangladeshi worker carried out the robbery. They are accused of stealing 134 tables, 261 chairs, 172 cloth dryers, 1,500 two-level beds, 1,500 lockers, 1,500 mattresses and TV sets from the labour accommodation of the contracting firm for which they worked.

The incident, which took place on June 27, 2018, was captured on cameras by other workers, who reported it to the Jebel Ali police station. An Egyptian PRO said that the plaintiff had rented a labour accommodation for its workers in the Industrial City.

“The administration discovered that furniture was missing from the premises. They conducted a probe and labourers were questioned. The defendants sold the stolen furniture after falsely claiming they were authorised by their workplace.”

Some of the workers filmed the accused while they were moving the furniture and loading them on vehicles, the PRO added. During the probe, the accused confessed they sold the stolen furniture as scrap parts.

The sale receipts and the recorded footage were used as prosecution evidence.