DUBAI // A gang attacked security guards with a stun gun before making off with Dh900,000, the Dubai Criminal Court was told.
Palestinian H A, 37, and two Nigerians targeted two employees of Transguard Group and followed them as they carried the money to Lulu Village in Al Qusais on October 13, 2013, the court heard.
Ugandan guard W K, 28, said: “It was 11am when a masked man attacked me and punched me several times in the face just a few metres away from the centre’s gate.
“There was another man with him who attacked my colleague with a [stun] gun. They snatched the bags we carried and ran away.”
W K said his colleague’s bag contained Dh900,000.
Police found the getaway vehicle abandoned in an industrial area in Dubai.
“We found two bags but they were empty, we also found two masks and a [stun] gun,” said police officer M A, 23.
H A denies charges of forceful theft and possessing a weapon.
Nigerians A J, 25, and J K, 23, were found guilty in March last year and were each sentenced to three years in jail to be followed by deportation. H A was arrested this year. When A J and J K were arrested, police found they had transferred most of their share of the stolen money home. H A was arrested this year and referred to court.
The next hearing will be on November 2.
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