Firm assigns employees to steal electrical materials

The police spotted the suspects carrying a heavy bag. They stopped the men, who pretended that they couldn’t speak English or Arabic.” col Ali Alki Al Hamoudi, director, Eastern Region Police

sharjah — The Sharjah Police have arrested three employees — all Asian men — who were assigned by their company to steal power cables and other electrical materials from under-construction buildings in the eastern region of Sharjah.

The company — which dealt in electricity connection tools — would supply the materials to the under-construction sites and then get them stolen by its staff. After this, the owners of the buildings would buy the goods again from the same company.

During interrogation, the trio told the police that they were instructed by the company to steal cables, sockets and other electrical materials from the sites.

Colonel Ali Alki Al Hamoudi,

director of the Eastern Region Police Department, said that the Sharjah Police busted the racket, even though the owners didn’t report about the thefts.

He pointed out that the patrols of the Dibba Al-Hisn Police Station nabbed the three Asians after they suspected their movements in the under construction building zone. “The police spotted one of the suspects carrying a large, heavy bag. They stopped the men, who pretended that they couldn’t speak English or Arabic.”

The suspects were taken to the police station. On being grilled, the trio spilled the beans. They told the police that they have been “doing this for a long time” and the owners kept buying the materials from the company.