Six Sri Lankan security guards jailed for stealing Dh1.1m in Dubai
A Dubai court has sentenced six Sri Lankan security guards to three years each in jail for robbing Dh 1.19 million (nearly Rs. 50 million) from a cash transfer van.
The six guards of a security company have earlier admitted in the Dubai Court of First Instance to the charge of theft of the funds that belonged to several branches of a shop in Dubai, Khaleej Times reported.
The Sri Lankans will be deported after serving their jail terms.
Two Sri Lankan cleaners have been charged in absentia with possessing some of the stolen amounts and with aiding and abetting the main accused. One of them was sentenced to one year in jail, to be followed by deportation, while the other was cleared.
The two cleaners - who are at large - helped the guards by letting them use their IDs to transfer...