Cabbie steals traveller's mobile, claims buying it

A taxi driver who allegedly stole a mobile phone a passenger forgot in his car claimed that he had bought it from a Bangladeshi, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

PB, 29, from, a hotel worker from Lithuania, testified that he took a taxi from the hotel to his house in Jumeira Lake Towers on May 5, 2012 at around 5am.

“I realised that I had forgotten my mobile phone worth Dh1,700 on the rear seat of the taxi. I called the police and informed them about the phone’s serial numbers,” he testified.

Police found that the mobile phone is being used by OSA, 33, Pakistani taxi driver who was summoned for investigations.

The taxi driver claimed that he had bought the phone from a Bangladeshi and that he had sent it home.

The court will give its verdict on March 21.
 

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