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Dubai Police arrest two expatriates for stealing copper cables

Police arrested two Vietnamese for stealing copper cables from a construction site.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 16:42 October 5, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Police arrested two Vietnamese for stealing copper cables from a construction site.

The suspects broke into a warehouse that belonged to a well-known contracting company on September 18 and stole copper cables after cutting them into pieces.

Around 10pm the next day, a CID patrol spotted two suspicious looking people in a taxi in Nad Al Sheba. The suspects were carrying large amount of copper cables in bags with them. They confessed to their crime and took the officers to the crime scene. The site supervisor identified the stolen items.

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