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Cleaner denies stealing gold from Dubai shop
A cleaner has denied stealing half a million dirham worth of gold from a renowned jeweller after concealing it in garbage bags in an attempt to steal them after work.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 00:03 June 11, 2008
Dubai: A cleaner has denied stealing half a million dirham worth of gold from a renowned jeweller after concealing it in garbage bags in an attempt to steal them after work.
Records said the 29-year-old Indian suspect was discovered hiding the gold in garbage bags which he used to keep outside the jewellery store where he worked as a cleaner.
Surveillance cameras exposed him taking the garbage bags out after work and without allowing the security to search the garbage trolley.
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