Operation of "Dark Containers"Carjacking Gang in the Custody of Ajman Police83 cars were stolen, worth more than AED 6 million

              The Police General Headquarters of Ajman managed to arrest the largest gang specialized in the theft and smuggling of cars inside the state and seized 12 of its members, on charges of stealing nearly 83 cars from the Emirate of the state to smuggle them to neighboring countries, in one of the most complex seizures called "Dark Containers", after more than three months of stalking, research and investigation.

H. E. the Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police, Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, said in a press conference that was held remotely this morning to announce the details of the case, that this operation is one of the largest and most complex robberies in the country due to the planning and new criminal method that the gang members used to steal and smuggle the cars are out of the country, but the expertise and competence of the detectives was on the lookout.

              H. E. the Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police stated that the gang relied, in the implementation of its plan to steal cars, on people who are entered into the country with visas to visit the country, to rent cars from the car rental offices in the emirates of the state, and then sell them to other people and leave the country, which was a great challenge in front of the detectives in tracking the accused.

On the details of the case, H. E. stated that the case started with the receipt of several reports from a number of car rental offices in the Emirate of Ajman about the failure of a number of tenants to return the rented cars after the end of the agreed rental period and the payment of the amounts due. By checking the tenants, it was found that the tenants of all the reported cars are outside the country, as it was found that there are a number of reports in other emirates in the same case.

             H. E. the Director of the Criminal Investigations and Discussions Department at Ajman Police, Lt. Col. Ahmed Saeed Al-Nuaimi stated that a team has been formed from the Criminal Investigations and Discussions Department to search, investigate and prosecute the suspects, whereby persons of Asian nationality were caught and it was found that the accused persons rented the vehicles from the rental offices in the country, and then handed them over to the second group of the gang in exchange for sums equivalent to half the price of the car, and then another group transports the cars to one of the ports in the state to be shipped by sea in closed containers classified as containing household appliances. Accordingly, a number of shipping companies were contacted to inform them to return the containers carrying the stolen cars to the country.

             The Director of the Criminal Investigations and Discussions Department confirmed that Ajman Police managed to seize 12 people from the gang members with Arab and Asian nationalities, and recover 55 out of the 83 cars valued at AED 6 million and 350 thousand, of which 38 were in the ports of neighboring Arab countries, and they were all recovered and in good condition, while two other people are being pursued outside the Country, and monitoring cars that entered the Arab countries to retrieve them in cooperation with Interpol.

 H. E. Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi praised the police force's efficiency, expertise, vigilance and efforts by which they were able to uncover the details of the case, arrest the accused people and restore most of the stolen cars, calling on the public not to hesitate to report any person who commits any crime punishable by law, and stressing that the Ajman Police will be on the lookout and will deal firmly with everyone who tries to affect the security of the homeland and the safety of citizens and residents.