DUBAI // Two Chinese men broke in a house and stole Dh400,000 and a Dh29,000 watch, a court heard on Thursday.
On March 23, 2013, unemployed compatriots B G, 27, and K A, 36, are accused of breaking the lock on the front door of the house using hammers and other tools and making off with a gold bracelet, identification cards, the Omega watch and the Dh400,000 in cash.
Police said the pair broke the dressing table in the bedroom and stole its contents.
In the apartment of the defendants a safe believed to be from a previous crime that they are accused off was found, as too were tools that were said to have been used in the robbery.
Police officer M M, 43, said the duo were apprehended and they confessed to the robbery.
“B G confessed to receiving Dh16,000 for the robbery, K A received Dh10,000. They said that a third man was involved in the robbery as well,” he said.
At Dubai Criminal Court on Thursday the defendants did not appear to enter a plea for an armed robbery charge so the case was adjourned until May 17.
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