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Dubai Police arrest four-member gang for trying to sell woman
Police arrested a gang of four men for trafficking of absconding girls and attempting to sell them for prostitution purposes.
- Staff Report
- Published: 16:52 December 14, 2008
- The Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department has been staging a fierce battle against people involved in human trafficking for various reasons, particularly prostitution. Picture used for illustrative purposes only.
- Image Credit: Reuters
Dubai: Police arrested a gang of four men for trafficking of absconding girls and attempting to sell them for prostitution purposes.
On November 22, Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), received a tip-off that a gang of four Bangladeshi men were holding a girl from the same nationality and were offering to sell her for Dh4,000.
A source from the CID got in touch with the gang and offered to buy the girl.
They agreed to meet near one of the hotels around the Naif area.
At 10pm the same day, four men showed up at the location and one of them asked the CID source to give them the Dh4,000, but he refused and asked to see the girl first.
Clean record
The suspect left for a while and came back with the girl, handed her to the source and received the money while being watched by other CID personnel, who raided the place and arrested the other gang members.
The suspects were identified as, Mohammad Sabhan, Mohammad Qamar, Nizam Mohammad and Haroon Au Al Bashrat.
Police found large amounts of money on the suspects after searching them.
It also turned out that Haroon had entered the country illegally.
The girl told police that she had arrived at Dubai Airport and one of the suspects who had received her took her to a room in Al Nakheel area, kept her there and forced her into prostitution.
The gang was referred to the Public Prosecution on charges of human trafficking.
Colonel Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Deputy Director of Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the CID pays special attention to combat any form of human trafficking and nabs anyone who attempts to do so in order to maintain the country's clean record regarding this crime.
Colonel Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Deputy Director of Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the CID pays special attention to combat any form of human trafficking.
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