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Four Asians arrested for posing as cops, kidnapping and robbery
Four Asians arrested for posing as cops, kidnapping and robbery Afkar Abdullah / 2 March 2014 The victim says the group of men who told him that they were police CID and kidnapped him when he was trying to get off his car with a case containing Dh100,000. The four suspects (supplied photo) Sharjah Police on Saturday arrested a gang comprising four Asians who posed as CID officers to kidnap a man and rob him of Dh100,000. The police CID official said that Sharjah Police, in cooperation with Dubai Police, managed to arrest the gang members — three Bangladeshis and a Pakistani — on charges of posing as CID officers, kidnapping and robbery of Dh100,000 that was in the possession of the victim. He explained that a Bangladeshi man lodged complaint at Al Gharb Police Station about a group of men who told him that they were police CID and kidnapped him when he was trying to get off his car with a case containing the amount. He said the suspects were wearing the Emirati national dress and one of them flashed a police identity card. They forced him to get in their car and them drove around in Sharjah City. They then drove to Dubai where he was asked to get off and hand over the case. The victim also told the police that two of the suspects assaulted him while he was in their car. Based on the information, the police formed a search team and found that one of the suspects was in Dubai. Sharjah CID officers, with the help of Dubai CID officers, identified the suspect Y.K.A. of Bangladeshi nationality. He confessed to the crime after being arrested and led the police to the other suspects — A.M.H. from Pakistan, and M.A.H. and M.A.A. from Bangladesh. Based on their confession the police referred them to public prosecution. afkarali@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
Al Jadaf, Creek Metro stations to open on March 1
Al Jadaf, Creek Metro stations to open on March 1 Lily B. Libo-on / 27 February 2014 The Al Jadaf and Creek stations of Dubai Metro’s Green Line will open on Saturday, March 1. The Al Jadaf Metro station ready for operation. — Supplied photo The opening of these two final stations, which are located at the end of the Green Line track, will complete the operation of all the Dubai Metro stations and serve existing and under-construction projects, including the Culture Village and Sama Al Jadaf. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, said these two stations will also serve the Dubai Festival City through a marine transit service linking with the Creek station. “Al Wasl Club will also be linked with Al Jadaf Station through a bus route to be operated when matches are held. The RTA has provided 100 parking slots at Al Jadaf stations and a bus route for passengers of the two new stations.” Al Jadaf and Creek stations are elevated metro stations where the concourse and platform are on the upper level of the elevated metro track. Each station extends 132 metres in length and 29 metres in width, and has a capacity to handle 11,000 passengers per hour per direction. The two stations are equipped with escalators and lifts. Al Tayer said that these two stations will contribute significantly to expediting the development tempo in the neighbourhood, and accordingly the ridership will pick up gradually as per the foreseeable inputs. Some 2,100 riders at Al Jadaf Station and another 1,400 more passengers at Creek station are expected to use the Metro initially, and these numbers are poised to double with the opening of property development projects in the area, many of which are nearing completion. “Through the Dubai Metro operator Serco Co., the RTA has completed all arrangements related to the operation of the two stations by carrying out technical test runs of the Dubai Metro, including testing the communication systems, automatic operation systems, power feed system and the air-conditioning system. It has also finalised the appointment of 16 employees, who have been deployed at the site to man the two metro stations after undergoing intense training exposures on delivering customers service, implementing regulations drawn up by the RTA to protect the facilities, and enforcing the rules against offenders,” said Al Tayer. RTA has also coordinated with the Transport Security Department to deploy security personnel at the two stations to ensure the security and safety of the metro riders. Teams of emergency services — Civil Defence, Ambulance and Rescue — made field visits to the two stations to ensure safety. lily@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
No change in gold allowance to India, says envoy
No change in gold allowance to India: Consulate official Sajila Saseendran / 26 February 2014 The new Customs Declaration Form asks passengers have to specifically declare, prohibited goods and dutiable items, including gold bullion and gold jewellery. The Indian Consulate in Dubai has said that a report in local media on Tuesday, which said passengers flying to India should declare gold and jewellery worth more than Rs10,000, is false and misleading. “These will have to be entered in new customs forms that will replace the dated immigration paperwork that passengers had to fill in the past,” according to the report. It also suggested that the new requirement, which would leave a paper trail, may dissuade expat Indians from buying gold jewellery from Dubai for carrying it to India. The consulate has, however, said the report is wrong and needs to be clarified. “This is really way off the mark. It has to be clarified that the report is wrong and misleading,” an official told Khaleej Times . According to the Indian Central Board of Excise and Customs, the new ‘Indian Customs Declaration Form’, which will come into effect from March 1, requires resident Indians to declare Indian currency at the customs if the value exceeds Rs10, 000. With the introduction of the new form, all passengers also have to specifically declare, prohibited goods and dutiable items, including gold bullion and gold jewellery exceeding the free allowance. The free allowance for gold jewellery remains gold worth Rs50, 000 for males and worth Rs100, 000 for women. The Consulate clarified that passengers need not declare the gold jewellery they carry unless it is above this limit. It may be noted that the new rule has only increased the limit of Indian currency that resident Indians can carry to and out of India (from Rs7,500 to Rs10, 000), while the rule that Non-Resident Indians cannot carry Indian currency remains. Non-Resident Indians and foreigners can carry only foreign currency and need to declare it only if its value exceeds $5,000. They should also make a declaration when the aggregate value of all foreign bills in the form of currency notes, financial instruments, and travellers’ cheques is equal to or exceeds $10,000. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Central Bank of the UAE had previously highlighted these rules and advised expat Indians and other foreigners to refrain from carrying Indian currency to India, subsequent to reports of confiscation of counterfeit Indian currency. sajila@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
