DUBAI // A baggage handler at Dubai International Airport has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a Dh2 piece of candy from a passenger’s luggage.
P J, 25, from India, denied a charge of theft at the Dubai Criminal Court. “I’m not guilty,” he told the presiding judge.
Prosecutors said on June 15 this year, P J was seen opening a passenger’s bag as he loaded luggage into an Emirates plane and taking the sweets.
Emirati A A, 29, a security supervisor, testified that his boss was watching on CCTV cameras and saw the defendant as he opened some bags he was loading into a plane.
“My boss reported him to police and P J was arrested,” said A A.
Prosecutors claim P J confessed to stealing the sweets, but in court he denied it.
A verdict is expected on September 9.
salamir@thenational.ae
