A man from Mali, who bought a Land Cruiser for Dh176,000 for taking it to his homeland, was shocked learnt that the car which was parked near the office of a shipping company in Dubai’s Ghusais area had been stolen.

The Dubai Criminal Court heard the case of three Asians who allegedly transported the car on a recovery vehicle to Sharjah from where they shipped it to Afghanistan.

The victim YD, 30, testified that he had bought the Land Cruiser from a second hand car dealer.

“I asked the company to hand over the vehicle to a cargo company to ship it to Mali. When the car was parked in front of the shipping company it was stolen,” he testified.

Police investigated the complaint and arrested SMS, 52, Pakistani, who used his recovery vehicle for transporting the car from Dubai to Sharjah, AAJ, 43, Afghan visitor and IFK, 41, truck driver, all of whom confessed to agreeing to steal the vehicle .

They confessed to breaking the glass and released the gear and then pulling the car on to the recovery vehicle. They also arranged for shipping the vehicle to Afghanistan.

The court will reconvene on November 25.