ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, March 15th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
A
woman disguised in an abaya, the black robe which thus branded her as
the ‘ghost’, attempted to rob a money exchange center in Abu Dhabi after
threatening employees with what turned out to be a fake plastic gun.
The suspect additionally had a sharp knife in her possession, and
intended to use it in the event her threats with the false gun were
unsuccessful.
The
Abu Dhabi Police announced that the Operations Room had received
notification last Thursday regarding the attempted robbery. Police teams
were immediately dispatched to the location and handled the situation
promptly and with the utmost efficiency. The police noted that by the
time they arrived to the scene, an altercation between the employees of
the exchange center and the suspect had already occurred and no one had
been injured. The police team took all the necessary precautionary
measures while apprehending the woman and prevented her from fleeing.
The suspect was then frisked by female police officers and the items in
her possession were confiscated.
Colonel
Dr. Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) at Abu Dhabi Police, said: “Preliminary investigations
revealed that the arrested woman, identified as A. L. R., 33 years, is a
Filipino national and an illegal resident in the UAE. She was wearing
black gloves and wore a black full-face veil with a white scarf on the
head. She held a black cloth in her hand, of which she use in an effort
to conceal the fake gun that she had threatened the exchange center
employees with , to avoid leaving any prints, and to avoid being
recognized or caught on CCTV. The woman threatened the employees at gun
point and asked them to give her the money.”
During
the interrogation, the woman confessed that she had planned the robbery
to settle her outstanding debt, which amounts to approximately AED
140,000. She additionally revealed that she had purchased the abaya, the
black veil, and the white head scarf from a shopping center, and the
plastic gun from another store.
Colonel
Dr. Rashid Mohammad Borshid said that upon frisking the suspect, she
was found with a knife in her possession. “Police officers managed to
prevent the woman from using the knife as she resisted arrest when they
raided the location,” he said. He also expressed his dismay at the use
of the traditional dress by the suspect to commit her crime, as the UAE
is a country known for being a safe haven for all religions and
nationalities, and as one of the most secure countries in the world.
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The
Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official,
authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation
only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text,
which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
Contacts
The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media
Chris Cron +971-(0)-50-987-1317
E-mail: cron.media@hotmail.com
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