Man arrested attempting to leave UAE with stolen cash

RAS AL KHAIMAH // A 22-year-old Arab man was arrested trying to leave the country by police investigating the theft of a bag containing Dh75,000 from an Emirati friend.

Major Walid Jumaa, head of the Criminal Investigation Department at Al Mamoura Police Station in RAK, said officers received a complaint from K A, 30, claiming his friend had stolen the cash after he saw it in a bag kept in KA’s car.

The Emirati said he parked his car at a hotel, but when returned to his vehicle his friend and the bag were missing.

An arrest warrant was issued for the suspect, who was apprehended at an airport trying to leave the country with Dh63,000 of the money.

The man confessed to stealing from his friend and admitted to spending Dh12,000 of the cash. The case has been referred to the public prosecution.