Sharjah: Police are hunting for clues to two separate robberies which netted thieves a large quantity of gold and cash.
In the first case, police are probing details of a daring robbery of Diplomat gold workshop in Sharjah on Wednesday around 8pm when a salesman was attacked in the premises and 4.5kg of gold was stolen.
The gold is valued at millions of dirhams.
Police said the suspect tricked the salesmen, then slashed his face before fleeing the premises in the Al Suer area of Sharjah.
The Criminal Investigation Department discovered the man bleeding when they responded to the call for assistance at the shop.
Forensic experts swept the crime scene for fingerprints.
The injured salesman, meanwhile, was transferred to Al Kuwaiti Hospital for treatment where his condition was described as serious.
The workshop did not have surveillance cameras or an alarm system which made it an easy target for the robbers, police said.
In the second incident, Al Hira police in Sharjah have launched an investigation after Dh100.000 in cash was stolen from a BMW car parked in Al Naba’a area of Sharjah.
The incident took place on Friday at around 10pm, a police official said.
