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29 March 2024

Dh4m worth of gold dust robbed from Dubai store in a lunch box

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A Filipino worker at a jewellery shop in Dubai managed to fool his employers by stealing 30 kg of gold filings worth more than Dh4 million for nearly two years before falling into police grip, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old man told police he was concealing the stuff inside his lunch box at the gold refinery and selling it to another jewellery shop in the emirate.

His employers discovered the theft after carrying out a routine annual inventory and informed police about the missing gold.

Police later discovered that the man, an assistant technician, was stealing the filings from his employers at the gold refinery by hiding them in his lunch box and going straight to another gold shop to sell the stuff, the paper said.

“Police seized him while he was selling the stuff to that shop. He confessed to stealing the filings seven times,” it said, adding that the man stood trial on Monday.

Thieves steal 36 kg of gold in Kuwait

Three unknown thieves broke into Kuwait’s main jewelry market and made away with nearly 36 kg of gold after knocking down the market guard.

Police called into the market in the morning found the guard tied up with a sticker on his mouth while several shops were burgled.

The guard told police he making a final inspection tour of the market at mid night when he was hit on the head.

“The thieves made away with around 36 kg of gold worth nearly $1.7 million…police have mounted a massive manhunt to find the thieves who damaged all security cameras in the market,” Alanba daily said.

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