Visitor steals friend's labour card to get a job

A 21-year-old Pakistani visitor, MOS, stole his friend’s labour card and submitted it to prospective employer, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The victim, SAF, testified that on August 17, MOS had asked him to give his labour card but he refused.

“I went to the bathroom and kept my wallet under the pillow. He took the labour card and went out. Later at around 3am I got a call from a friend telling me that MOS was arrested as he submitted my labour card to a company he had applied for a job.”

Corporal Ahmad Bilal testified that he was in the Festival City and was checking workers’ labour cards; while visiting a shop under construction he found that the picture on the labour card in the custody of the security staff did not match the accused.

“I check again with the worker who insisted that the card belongs to him and that his name is SAF. When I wanted to arrest him he confessed that he had stolen the card from its holder as he wanted to get a job while he is on a visit visa,” he testified.

The court adjourned the case for verdict till December 23.

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