SHARJAH // Two masked raiders have been arrested after holding up staff at petrol stations throughout the emirate armed with guns and knives, police said yesterday. In the latest robbery, the two men attacked staff at a petrol station and demanded they hand over the day's takings. The two Emiratis were also involved in stealing luxury cars with tinted windows that were used for the robberies, a police spokesman said. "They used knives and were very smart to conduct such robberies without being noticed by other people in such public places," the spokesman added.
After a number of robberies police were finally able to identify the two men. The first to be arrested assisted police in finding his partner. The police said the men later confessed to a number of petrol station robberies and car thefts, and said that unemployment had forced them into crime. The two men have been referred to public prosecutors. ykakande@thenational.ae
