The Dubai Court of Misdemeanor has sentenced an expat to 1-month prison term for stealing water pipes.
The 29-year-old Asian was sentenced and fined AED 45,000 for stealing 20 water suction pipes worth almost AED 45,000 (same as the fine) and the convict stole the pipes from a contracting company he worked for as a warehouse keeper.
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In July 2021, an official of the contracting company reported a theft accusing the warehouse keeper of stealing pipes belonging to the company. Later during interrogation, the warehouse custodian confessed to keeping the shipment of pipes — valued at AED 45,000 — and selling them for AED 23,000. He said he needed the money for his ill wife’s treatment.
The court said that the man will be deported after serving his sentence.
