Man assaults staff of petrol stations in UAE with iron rod, takes cash

Sharjah - He was traced to an apartment in Sharjah, and arrested within two hours of the crime being committed.

Sharjah Police have arrested a 28-year-old Egyptian man who assaulted staff of a number of petrol stations and robbed them of their cash. The police nabbed him two hours after he committed the crimes.

Col. Ibrahim Al Ajill, director of CID at Sharjah Police, said that they received a call from an operations room of a neighbouring emirate at 3:30am on Tuesday about the suspect who carried out a slew of attacks at petrol stations of the emirate and drove towards Sharjah.

A team of police officers was immediately formed to trace the suspect's movements and nab him. As they launched a manhunt, they again got a call from a petrol station located in Muwailih at 7am reporting them that the staff there had been robbed of cash and other valuables. The man used an iron rod to attack the victims at the petrol stations.

The team identified his whereabouts and traced him to a furnished apartment in Sharjah. The police raided the apartment and arrested the man within two hours of the crime. They recovered the money that he stole from the staff of petrol stations in both the emirates as well as the iron rod.

During interrogation, the man admitted to his crime and was referred to public prosecution.

Col Al Ajill pointed that the suspect tried his best to outsmart the police, but couldn't. He changed places to keep the cops guessing. However, he was taken aback when the police barged into the apartment and nabbed him.