Dubai: Three workers have been cleared of trespassing into a power station in Bur Dubai and stealing electric cables worth Dh200,000.
Citing lack of corroborating evidence, the Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the three Pakistani workers, aged between 29 and 34, of breaking the temporary wall of the power station and stealing the cables by using a cutter in July 2014.
The power station’s supervisor reported the matter to the police once he discovered the theft.
Primary police interrogations led to the arrest of the three Pakistani suspects.
The trio strongly refuted the charges and pleaded not guilty in court.
The suspects told the court that they had been earlier acquitted of a similar case.
The Filipino supervisor alleged that the suspects managed to steal the cables because there were no guards at the power station at night.
A police corporal said that they found an iron cutter left in front of the station.
“Primary interrogation revealed that the suspects had been involved in trespassing into the power station and stealing the cables. We apprehended the trio in Al Ghusais when they were trying to steal cables,” the corporal testified.
However, when the trio appeared before the court, they denied charges of stealing cables.
The primary ruling remains subject to appeal within 13 days.
