Man jailed 2 years for escaping from police detention

Dubai: A man was jailed for two years for destroying a steel-netted door on the rooftop of Al Muraqabat Police Station and escaping from detention.

The Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the 29-year-old Iraqi man, J.Q., for two years because he broke away from the detention centre where he was being detained.

“The accused will have to pay Dh2000 [the cost of the repairs of the steel-netted door] to Dubai Police. He will be deported following the completion of his punishment,” said the presiding judge in courtroom four on Sunday.

In February, the Court of First Instance sentenced in absentia J.Q. and his 46-year-old Iranian accomplice, E.A., to three years in jail.

J.Q. contested against the judgment in absentia and was handed two years in jail during yesterday’s retrial.

Prosecutors charged the defendants of damaging the steel-netted door, climbing down a makeshift rope from the roof of the police station and absconding. They were charged with breaking out of the station and wrecking police property.

The two defendants pleaded not guilty.

According to the charge sheet, E.A. and J.Q. were detained at Al Muraqabat Police Station over theft cases. One of the men broke his bed and used a piece of iron to damage a door to the rooftop to escape. They tied a number of bed sheets together as a makeshift rope and climbed down from the rooftop to the backyard. Then they jumped over the wall and ran away.

A policeman said E.A, J.Q. and two others escaped.

Police detained E.A. and J.Q., who were caught hiding in a deserted villa in Al Hamriya.

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Cleaner gets 3 years jail and Dh50,000 fine for using counterfeit notes

Dubai: A cleaner was jailed for three years and ordered to pay a hefty fine of Dh50,000 for possessing 200,000 Euros in counterfeited banknotes for trading purposes.

The Dubai Court of First Instance incriminated the 35-year-old Bangladeshi cleaner, M.K., of possessing counterfeited currency and using 12 counterfeited banknotes of the 200 Euro bill that he submitted to a local bank to convert it to Dirhams.

“The defendant has been sentenced in absentia. He will pay a Dh50,000 fine and be deported following the completion of his jail term,” said the presiding judge in courtroom four yesterday.

Prosecutors accused M.K. of possessing counterfeited banknotes and using them.

A Filipina bank teller testified that she was on duty when the cleaner visited her counter wanting to convert Euros to Dirhams.

“The defendant arrived at my counter at Dubai International Airport. He seemed confident, was not confused, and didn’t seem scared. He handed me 2200 euros and asked to convert them to dirhams. When I saw the banknotes, I realized that they were obviously counterfeited. I told my colleague, who immediately confirmed that it was counterfeited. Our supervisor reported the matter to the police that came and arrested the accused,” the Filipina claimed.

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Air Arabia Transports 25 Million Passengers In 8 Years

Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Department in Sharjah, Board Chairman of Air Arabia, said the carrier scored success over the last eight years in which it transported over 25 million passengers.

He added that the fleet of Air Arabia includes 30 planes, stressing the role of new Air Arabia subsidiary Companies set up in Egypt and Morocco.

Al Thani was speaking at the conclusion of the tour of H. H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah, in which the Ruler of Sharjah launched Hangar, flight simulator and new Centro Sharjah Hotel.

He added that the company will soon receive 44 planes to substitute the hired ones.

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