DUBAI // Two unemployed men broke into a branch of Starbucks and made off with more than Dh12,000, Dubai Criminal Court was told.
The 23-year-old Yemeni and 28-year-old Uzbek were charged with breaking into the cafe and stealing Dh12,017.75 from the safe before fleeing the scene in a white 4x4.
On January 6 this year the men used a crowbar to break open the front door of the coffee shop on Sheikh Zayed road before heading to the safe.
The used a large screwdriver and the crowbar to force open the safe, prosecutors said.
Both men denied a charge of burglary.
A ruling is expected on June 14.
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