Dubai: Businessman informed of his stolen car by Dubai Police

The Dubai Criminal Court has received three suspects (an Asian merchant, an Arab investor and an Arab driver) who were involved in forging customs documents and stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser 2018 car. Dubai police revealed their manipulation, and was able to arrest them. After investigations, it was revealed that they specialize in the smuggling of stolen and mortgaged cars, to sell them outside the country and share their profits.

The owner of the vehicle, a businessman, reported that he had received a call from the Dubai Police Criminal Investigation Department to inquire about on of the vehicles registered under his company,he  informed them that it was parked in a sandy area near a commercial center in Al Nahda area. The police then asked him to make sure the vehicle was in place, the victim then went to the said place and discovered that the vehicle was not there. When he told them, they asked him to contact the Dubai Police Operations Room and report  the incident and then come to the center to complete the proceedings.

A witness in the case, a truck driver, said he met the suspects about a month and a half ago when they asked him to move a vehicle from Dubai to Sharjah. He added that he dealt with them a total of six times (during which six vehicles were transferred, the most recent of which was the vehicle in question), pointing out that he was requesting to provide him with the papers of the vehicles before they were transferred, and they used to hand him customs certificates.

A Dubai Police witness confirmed that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation has proven the existence of an organization that steals vehicles from different areas and sends them out of the country after changing their data and manipulating customs documents.

He added: “The three defendants, during the investigations of the Public Prosecution, confessed that they distribute roles among them, as one of them brings in stolen vehicles, and the other two manipulate their data and papers, and then sell them abroad and share their profits among them.