Boys da hustle,Dubai police bust Nigerian gang involved in armed robbery

Dubai Police have arrested a gang comprising five
Nigerians (pictured beloe) who were involved in armed
robbery at the Al Mustaqbal money exchange in Sheikh
Rashid Bin Humaid Road in Ajman.
The gang managed to steal Dhs2,75,000 including
various foreign currencies.
Deputy Ajman Police chief said that the incident took
place last week when the gang members entered the
exchange and attacked and assaulted its employees,
threatening them with toy guns before emptying the
premises of its cash and fleeing.
The gang members entered the country on a visit visa,
which expired long time ago.
He added that the police operations room received a call
about the robbery at around 10.30 pm last Thursday.
However, the suspects managed to escape before the
police arrived on the scene, as the employees failed to
activate the alarm in order to alert the police.
Lt Col Abdullah Saif Al Matroushi, director-general of CID
at Ajman Police, said that police formed a special team to
investigate the case.
“The police team used sniffer dogs to trace the movement
of the suspects and found the shirt of one of the suspects
and a toy gun used in the crime.
The police also used the footage obtained from
surveillance cameras installed at the exchange house and
the street, which assisted in revealing their car plate
number and its description.
In cooperation with the Sharjah and Dubai Police, the
team managed to identify the suspects and their location.
One of the suspects was arrested in a street in Sharjah. He
then led the police team to his accomplices in Dubai.
In coordination with the Dubai Police, the team raided the
house of the suspect and arrested the other four.
The sixth suspect is still on the loose and the police is on
the lookout.
Upon inspection of the suspect’s residence, the police
seized Dhs11,000, receipts of purchases of gold,
garments and various items, as well as money transfer to
their countries and currencies including US dollars, euros,
Omani riyals and other currencies.
The suspects confessed to their crimes and were referred
to the Public Prosecution. The police officials urged the
public to take proper precautions to avert such crimes.
They also said that more awareness campaigns will be
organised to educate the employees of the financial and
commercial establishments on safest ways to deal with
this kind of incidents that occur during their working
hours.
They will be educated about the importance of setting
alarms to alert the police immediately.
Source: Gulftoday.ae