Dubai: Dubai Police have raided several shops in Dubai and confiscated an illegal Chinese ‘magic pen' used to forge cheques and documents with its vanishing ink, senior police officer told Gulf News.
Dubai police recently sent an urgent circular to all the UAE-based banks to be aware of the usage of a Chinese pen which has a ink that vanished few hours after using it. The ink could be used to forge cheques and documents.
Provoking fear
Brig. Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Head of Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police, said: "Dubai police have received tips that some shops in Dubai are selling these illegal pen."
"Upon receiving the information, Dubai police rushed to raid these shops and confiscated all these pens. It seems that this pen entered into the country via illegal method and are sold at low prices."
The magic pen resembles a normal pen but the ink differs. The Chinese pen's ink lasts for about one to four hours after writing.
Al Mansouri pointed out that the pen provoked fear among banks as it could be used in fraud cases while signing cheques or formal contracts or even documentations.
It is a normal procedure when authorities warn the public for such pens. That is because the pen's ink disappears from the document and hence the document void, he added
Part of precautionary procedures, Al Mansouri said, Dubai Police sent a very important and urgent memo to the UAE Central Bank to circulate to all banks operating in the country to avoid using such pen when signing official documents and cheques.
