A 19-man gang of Nigerians who specialize in robbing ATMs in the
United Arab Emirate has been busted with the suspects arrested by the
police.
19 Nigerians who specialize in robbing Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in the United States Emirate, have been arrested by the police after months of painstaking monitoring of their activities.
The Sharjah Police, in a
statement, said that the 19 Nigerian targeted ATM vehicles and at the
time they were arrested, they had stolen Dh1.8 million, (about N 154
million).
The statement added that the suspects were arrested from several apartments occupied by 30 to 40 Nigerians.
According
to Khaleej Times, the Nigerian robbers had come to the country on visit
visas specifically to commit the robberies and in the process of their
crime spree, they assaulted security guards accompanying the vehicles to
carry out the robberies.
Addressing a press conference, the Director of Police Operations Department, Colonel Rashid bin Bayat,
said the Nigerian criminals had committed four daring and violent
robberies targeting money transportation vehicles that were delivering
cash to ATMs.
At the conference, Col. Bayat said:
“The
first robbery was committed at the ATM of the Dubai Commercial Bank on
King Abdul Aziz Road, where the robbers assaulted security guards and
fled with Dh340,000.
After two days, the gang struck again at an ATM near Saferr Mall in Al Nahda area, where they fled with Dh700,000.
They
also attacked a cash transportation vehicle in Al Muweilah area, making
off with Dh710,000. The fourth attack at an ATM on Shaikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Road was foiled by the police.”
According
to the police, the suspects had transferred a part of the robbed money
to Nigeria while efforts are being made to recover the rest of the loot
and return them to their owners.
The suspects, the
police added, were identified and arrested based on CCTV footages
obtained from the banks and money exchange offices, said the police.
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