ABU DHABI // Abu Dhabi Police have arrested a soil expert for taking a Dh15,000 bribe.
The 63-year-old is accused of taking the bribe to finalise a soil clearance transaction at a government laboratory in Abu Dhabi.
Col Moded Al Muhairi, director of the Abu Dhabi Police anti-corruption department, said the department received information that showed the suspect’s involvement in a financial and administrative corruption case.
The engineer, who is seconded from a recruitment agency, was arrested after receiving the bribe and admitted during questioning to exploiting his job for personal gain and accepting a bribe, police said.
The suspect was arrested in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport.
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