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28 March 2024

Thieves mistake computer for safe, steal it

Thieves ended up in jail for stealing computer containing names of bank's clients. (Shutterstock)

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Calling them "stupid thieves", Al Ain police arrested three Bangladeshi men who stole a computer from a bank after disguising as women, thinking it is a safe.

Police said they captured the three who were on the run nearly 10 hours after they donned Arabian Abayas (female gowns) and face veils, and went into the bank.

After succeeding in detracting the attention of the bank employees, they made away with a computer, thinking it is a cash-filled safe.

When they forced it open and found no money, they dumped the computer into a water well near Suweihan town but it was retrieved by the police. The three were identified as Habib, 31, Mohammed M, 31 and Mohammed G, 34.

“These stupid men stole a computer containing the names of the bank’s clients, thinking it is a safe…they ended up in jail and will stand trial,” Emirat Alyoum daily said, quoting Al Ain police chief Brigadier Hamad Ajlan Al Amimi.

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