Last week I happened to be in Umm Al Quwain for some business during the day. Part of the work involved a meeting with the client, who happened to be at one of the famous resorts in Umm Al Quwain.
As I headed back to Dubai, I noticed I was being followed by a grey Honda Accord with two lads in national dress in it.As we entered Sharjah, the traffic built up and I slowed down.
The grey Honda came up behind me and nudged my car, resulting in some scratches. We pulled over to the side of the road and the two lads proceeded to accuse me of being drunk, telling me that the cops would arrest me.
Since I hadn’t touched a drink, I was more than willing to get the cops involved. Then they started to accuse me of transporting alcohol. Again untrue.
The lads demanded they search my car. I refused saying that let the cops get here and if the police needed to, they could search my car. Finally the lads came to the point, asking me for dhs1,500 for them not to get the cops involved.
By this point I had had it and called the cops myself. As soon as I had done this, the two lads jumped in their car and sped off.
When the police arrived I told them the whole story and gave them the number plate of the Honda. My advice to all people returning from Umm Al Quwain, is to not fear these blackmailers. Do not let them search your car. Call the cops and of course, never drink and drive.
Monday 11 May 2009
Confession
A police officer has described how a British man accused of killing his South African girlfriend in Dubai confessed to him that he assaulted her and then dumped her body in the sea.
A high-ranking official in Dubai Police testified at Dubai Court of First Instance that Mark Arnold told him that he killed Kerry Winter.
The Emirati major in the CID told the court: “He (Arnold) said he hit her on her head with a metal bar and then dragged her to her car and drove away. “He said that she woke up and started talking while they were in the desert and then they both fell asleep.”
The Major said Arnold claimed that he then woke up and discovered that Winter was dead. “He said that he went to his house and took some weights and wrapped her in a bag and then went to the port and drove his boat to a beach and used a buoy to transfer the body from the beach to the boat. He drove the boat for 30 minutes and then dumped her body in the sea using the weights,” the officer said. He continued: “Arnold’s wife then saw him washing the
car before dumping it in the desert. He also confessed to sending text messages from Winter’s mobile to her friends who were calling to ask where she was.”
Arnold, 42, denies murdering 36-year-old Winter following the assault outside her Bur Dubai villa on August 20, 2008.
Court records show that a friend of Arnold’s said that the defendant had called him on August 16 last year and asked him to buy a GPS machine and a big bag which is used for diving equipment.
The case was adjourned until later this month when more witnesses will give evidence.
A high-ranking official in Dubai Police testified at Dubai Court of First Instance that Mark Arnold told him that he killed Kerry Winter.
The Emirati major in the CID told the court: “He (Arnold) said he hit her on her head with a metal bar and then dragged her to her car and drove away. “He said that she woke up and started talking while they were in the desert and then they both fell asleep.”
The Major said Arnold claimed that he then woke up and discovered that Winter was dead. “He said that he went to his house and took some weights and wrapped her in a bag and then went to the port and drove his boat to a beach and used a buoy to transfer the body from the beach to the boat. He drove the boat for 30 minutes and then dumped her body in the sea using the weights,” the officer said. He continued: “Arnold’s wife then saw him washing the
car before dumping it in the desert. He also confessed to sending text messages from Winter’s mobile to her friends who were calling to ask where she was.”
Arnold, 42, denies murdering 36-year-old Winter following the assault outside her Bur Dubai villa on August 20, 2008.
Court records show that a friend of Arnold’s said that the defendant had called him on August 16 last year and asked him to buy a GPS machine and a big bag which is used for diving equipment.
The case was adjourned until later this month when more witnesses will give evidence.
New metro lines on track in Dubai
Dubai: All mass transit projects, including additional metro lines announced by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), will be implemented after studying the needs of the respective areas, a senior official said. "We have not shelved the future Dubai Metro lines project, but it will be carried out after re-evaluating the need of the city and keeping in mind the developments in the areas to be served by the metro system," Engineer Abdul Redah Abu Al Hassan, Director of Planning and Development at the RTA's Rail Agency, said.
Speaking to Gulf News after his presentation titled 'The Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Light Rail Developers in Today's Economic Climate' at the Mena Rail 2009 conference in Dubai, Al Hassan said that the Purple Line will be the next metro line to be launched in Dubai as was announced last year.
"We have completed its design and are ready for tendering, but we will start construction only after completing fresh studies regarding the development projects," he said, quashing rumours that the project has been shelved.
The Purple Line will connect Dubai International Airport with Al Maktoum International Airport being constructed in Jebel Ali and it will run on Al Khail Road.
"The government is committed and even during the current global economic down turn, we have awarded a contract to consultant to finalise the design for the metro line extension from Jaddaf to International City," he said
The RTA is currently constructing the 74.6 km long Dubai Metro project at an initial cost of Dh15.5 billion. The Red Line is set to open on September 9 this year while the Green Line will open in March next year.
Al Hassan said the RTA's Rail transit masterplan includes 320 km of metro lines and 270 km of tram lines up to 2020 to cater to the expected 3.3 million population of the city. Out of this 74.6 km of metro is already under construction while the construction on the first phase of Al Sufouh Tram has already started early this year.
He said the city would have 450-km of water transport serving the coastal and off-shore developments and a comprehensive network of 3000 buses by 2020 to have integrated system of mass transport.
"We want to achieve the target of 30 per cent of people using public transport once the a complete mass public transport systems is in place," he said, adding that the current ratio of just 6 per cent people using public transport is very low.
Once the public transport system is in place, the RTA will implement its proposals of introducing congestion charges and increasing parking and vehicle registration fees.
"These proposals are still under study," Al Hassan explained.
Car smuggling attempt foiled and gang busted
Dubai: The Dubai Police foiled an attempt to smuggle a stolen car outside the country.
The ignorance of the driver regarding the specifications of the car he was driving led to foiling the attempted smuggling of the vehicle through Al Wajajah checkpoint, which in turn resulted in capturing a gang specialised in stealing and smuggling cars through the country's borders.
Colonel Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, police director of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the details of the incident goes back to April 25, when the Omani border police suspected a 2008 Land Cruiser with Dubai registration number plates.
The driver had stopped the car after going through the border check point at Al Wajajah when the car's windscreen started flashing a red light. When the driver was unable to restart the car, the Omani police detained the vehicle and driver, handing them over to the CID at Hatta police station.
The suspect claimed to be a taxi driver usually carrying passengers between the Oman and the UAE. He said he received a telephone call from an unknown man the day before. The man allegedly asked the suspect to deliver the sports utility vehcile to a person in Oman at the Al Seeb International Airport.
The suspect met the man in a Dubai restaurant and received the car and all its documents that were stamped and ready to be delivered in Oman.
Colonel Al Mansouri said that specialised CID teams searched the car and found forged car ownership and authorisation documents.
Through police investigations, it was discovered that the car is owned by a car rental office. The car rental owner affirmed ownership of the car, and that all the documents held by the police had been forged.
Police have uncovered that the car thieves were led by a Syrian national who was arrested and subsequently confessed to stealing and smuggling six other cars. He also said that he had a Czech accomplice who usually rented the cars that were to be stolen.
The ignorance of the driver regarding the specifications of the car he was driving led to foiling the attempted smuggling of the vehicle through Al Wajajah checkpoint, which in turn resulted in capturing a gang specialised in stealing and smuggling cars through the country's borders.
Colonel Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, police director of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the details of the incident goes back to April 25, when the Omani border police suspected a 2008 Land Cruiser with Dubai registration number plates.
The driver had stopped the car after going through the border check point at Al Wajajah when the car's windscreen started flashing a red light. When the driver was unable to restart the car, the Omani police detained the vehicle and driver, handing them over to the CID at Hatta police station.
The suspect claimed to be a taxi driver usually carrying passengers between the Oman and the UAE. He said he received a telephone call from an unknown man the day before. The man allegedly asked the suspect to deliver the sports utility vehcile to a person in Oman at the Al Seeb International Airport.
The suspect met the man in a Dubai restaurant and received the car and all its documents that were stamped and ready to be delivered in Oman.
Colonel Al Mansouri said that specialised CID teams searched the car and found forged car ownership and authorisation documents.
Through police investigations, it was discovered that the car is owned by a car rental office. The car rental owner affirmed ownership of the car, and that all the documents held by the police had been forged.
Police have uncovered that the car thieves were led by a Syrian national who was arrested and subsequently confessed to stealing and smuggling six other cars. He also said that he had a Czech accomplice who usually rented the cars that were to be stolen.
Saturday 14 March 2009
No dancing in public in Dubai
Dubai - Playing loud music, dancing, nudity, kissing and even holding hands in public is considered inappropriate behaviour under new guidelines laid down by the authorities of Dubai, a report said on Saturday.
Arabic-language daily Al Emarat Al-Youm said the Dubai Executive Council had urged residents of Dubai, where foreigners make up more than 80% of the population, to respect the customs of the Muslim majority country and avoid inappropriate behaviour.
The rules, which apply to all public places, include a ban on all forms of nudity, playing music loudly and dancing, exchange of kisses between men and women - and even on unmarried couples holding hands.
Any breach of the guidelines, by nationals or expatriates, carries a possible prison penalty, the paper said.
Arabic-language daily Al Emarat Al-Youm said the Dubai Executive Council had urged residents of Dubai, where foreigners make up more than 80% of the population, to respect the customs of the Muslim majority country and avoid inappropriate behaviour.
The rules, which apply to all public places, include a ban on all forms of nudity, playing music loudly and dancing, exchange of kisses between men and women - and even on unmarried couples holding hands.
Any breach of the guidelines, by nationals or expatriates, carries a possible prison penalty, the paper said.
Monday 26 January 2009
Great rulers of Dubai
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Tuesday 20 January 2009
Dubai population may decrease by 8%
A report by Swiss Bank UBS estimates that the population in Dubai will decline 8 per cent this year.
According to this research, Dubai’s real sector which has slowed down significantly, employs about half the city’s workforce. It predicts up to 20 per cent of workers in this sector will lose their jobs in 2009 and 10 per cent in 2009, which will cause Dubai’s population to fall by 8 per cent and 2 per cent in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
It started in November with the developer Nakheel laying off 500 people. Since then several companies have started making their employess redundant. The number is 3,200 people so far according to Gulf News.
According to this research, Dubai’s real sector which has slowed down significantly, employs about half the city’s workforce. It predicts up to 20 per cent of workers in this sector will lose their jobs in 2009 and 10 per cent in 2009, which will cause Dubai’s population to fall by 8 per cent and 2 per cent in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
It started in November with the developer Nakheel laying off 500 people. Since then several companies have started making their employess redundant. The number is 3,200 people so far according to Gulf News.
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