quarta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2010

Smash and grab gang held with $55,000 at airport


Two Moldovians and a Romanian are accused of forcibly entering a house, assaulting the hosts and stealing $55,000.
DAB, 29, Romanian; VOO, 33 and MBB, 35, both Moldovians allegedly knocked at the door of a house in Al Baraha area, behind Jesco Supermarket, at 3am on May 7 and stole the amount after beating up three people.
SK, Indian, 27, testified that he opened the door on hearing a knock when a stranger pushed him and three men entered the house. SK, OKS, 29, and VB,22, told the court that the three men beat them up, and demanded the drawer key. When they refused, they broke opened the drawer and took $55,000 as well as Dh400 belonging to SK.
Meanwhile, a policeman testified that on the same day of the crime at 7am, two of the suspects were arrested at the airport trying to leave the country. Police confiscated $11,810 from the second accused and $14,000 from the third.
They claimed the money was their own and said the bruises on their faces were the result of a fight, but refused to say with whom.
At around 9.30am on the same day the first accused was arrested at the airport with $15,200. When asked about the source of the money, he said that the second and third accused gave it to him.
Emirates 24|7