UAE | Crime

Hidden camera in ministry toilet

A female employee was stunned to find a hidden camera in a toilet at a federal ministry building in Dubai.

  • By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 23:40 February 25, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: A female employee was stunned to find a hidden camera in a toilet at a federal ministry building in Dubai.

The employee noticed the small wireless camera the size of a one dirham coin in a female restroom.

Police are interrogating a number of employees and some suspects have been detained.

Police said officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Forensic Sciences Department took fingerprints from the scene. A woman had complained about the issue over Ajman Radio 4 Station on Monday.

A ministry official refused to comment saying that the case was with the police now.

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