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Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter

The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a ruling issued by the Court of First Instance, imprisoning an Asian cook for one year with a fine of Dhs86,000 for stealing a bus owned by a company worth Dhs86,000.

He would be also deported after serving the terms, the Court ordered.

The incident took place last January, when the company’s HR employee filed a robbery report about a bus that was missing.

Through and the investigations, the police arrested the Asian duo, a cook and worker, over their involvement in stealing a construction company’s bus.

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According to his testimony, the bus driver had left it parked in a sandy area near the company site in Al Qusais, and had delivered the keys before leaving.

The company did not check on the bus, as it was not needed at the time.

After a couple of days, the company noticed the disappearance of the bus. The company was able to locate the bus through the GPS, and it was found with no plate numbers.

After arresting the first defendant, he admitted to using a stolen ID to issue an NOC and stealing the bus keys to get a copy in order to sell the bus.

The second defendant claimed he did not know that the bus was stolen, and that the first defendant asked his help to sell it and received Dhs600 for it.