Sharjah shop thieves take cash and passports

Dubai: Burglars broke into a stationery shop located on Al Wahda Street in Sharjah on Tuesday.

The suspects also escaped with three passports that were locked in a drawer which belonged to shop employees.

The amount stolen from the Clarion Stationery Trading store could not be ascertained. Sharjah police on Tuesday confirmed the break-in. Police told Gulf News that investigations were ongoing.

The suspects gained entry to the shop by breaking the glass door. Blood was splattered all over the shop floor, the cash box, the counter and on furniture.

Mathew Cherian, a shop assistant who was the first to arrive at 7am, told Gulf News he was shocked to see the glass door broken.

"The drawers were open and the passports were missing. Bills were scattered all over the floor. I called the shop manager," he said.

Jacob Mathew, the shop manager, told Gulf News that police took fingerprints and blood samples from the floor.

"While breaking the glass door I am sure one of the suspects must have cut himself quite badly because blood was all over the shop. We cannot say how much money has been stolen. This is because we did not count the cash that was collected on the previous day.

"We are worried about losing our passports," he added.