What if stolen car breaks down? Simple: steal another car

After stealing a car that broke down, three Omanis allegedly broke into the showroom again and stole another car that they took to Oman, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

Two jobless brothers AAF, 24, and MAF, 25, and ASF, 22, driver, are accused of breaking into a car showroom, stealing a car and number plate and other documents.

First Sergeant Hamad Sultan, head of Hatta Police Investigation Department, testified that on June 23, 2011, theft of a car from a showroom was reported to the station.

A Nissan was stolen from the showroom and a stolen Lexus was lying broken down on the road, he testified.

Police suspected the involvement of AAF who was brought to UAE and arrested. AAF admitted to committing the crime saying that on June 23 he was visiting Sharjah with the other two people.

“While passing through Muzairie, ASF asked me to turn to Hatta to steal a car from a showroom. I dropped ASF and MAF at the showroom and left the place. After sometime, they called me telling that the Lexus they stole had broken down. I turned back, picked up my brother and left for Oman. Near the border, ASF asked me to drive the Nissan car he had stolen to Oman as he was scared to do so. After reaching there, I changed its colour from black to white and registered it in ASF’s name, then sold it to someone called QK for Dh15,000,” AFF told the police officer.

His brother confessed to the crime and told First Sergeant Ali Saeed that ASF asked his brother to steal a car from a showroom. “ASF broke into the showroom using an iron tool. He took a number of car keys and drove away with a Lexus which broke down on the road. He returned and took the Nissan, fixed a number plate on it and called my brother who crossed over into Oman,” he confessed.

The court adjourned the case for verdict on June 14.

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