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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

An Asian duo were arrested and referred to criminal court for stealing electric cables worth Dhs50,000, with the the help of another runaway accomplice from a Dubai trading company.

The incident took place last month when a vigilant officer saw defendants transporting the cables onto a vehicle and he observed the situation carefully until they were about to move.

This is when the officer pulled them over and asked for their documents.

The second defendant, in his bid to fool the vigilant officer, handed him an ID and vehicle licence of another person.

When officer asked about the cables and bolt cutters sternly, the defendant confessed to breaking into the company and stealing the cables along with the other defendants.

One of the defendants fled while the other two were arrested and prosecuted on robbery charges by Dubai courts.