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29 March 2024

Luxury cars lie impounded by Dubai Police

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By Mohammed Al Sadafy

Thirty-five luxury cars of different makes, totally worth tens of millions of dirhams, are currently impounded by Dubai Police at Al Qusais, according to Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zaffin, director of the General Department of Dubai Traffic Police.

Among them are four Ferraris, one of them Enzo class valued at about a million dollars.

There are also Porsche, Corvette, Infiniti, Range Rover, BMW, Mercedes and Dodge cars among the impounded vehicles, Al Zaffin said.

Traffic fines assessed by the court on some of these vehicles come to about Dh100,000, he said.

Some of the cars were stolen, some are involved in crime, some were confiscated for debt repayment defaults and some for non-payment of traffic fines, he added. Some were left unmoved on the street for long periods of time.

In some cases, the cars were seized because the drivers had fled after their vehicles were involved in accidents.

"The Ferrari Enzo, wanted by Interpol, was seized by the CID. Its British owner had left it in the parking lot for more than 20 months after traffic fines had piled up,” Al Zaffin said.

He said 23 luxury cars had accumulated fines ranging from Dh98,300 to Dh100,000.

Ten of the impounded luxury cars belong to Emiratis, seven to Europeans, one to a Russian expatriate and the remaining six are owned by companies, he added.

According to Dubai’s Domestic Law No.34 of 2008, the luxury cars will be auctioned six months after impounding, after advertising in Arabic and foreign language newspapers.

He compared the impounded luxury cars to football players bought with millions but left sitting on the bench without playing. Some of the cars were driven by youth who did not buy them with their own money, so they did not know its value, he said.