Two Indians who stole bank cards of four people living in the same company accommodation and used them to withdraw QR 6,700 have been jailed by the Criminal Court.

The victims, who filed a case with Ras Laffan police station, said the cards were stolen from their safes.

The convicts were captured in an ATM camera withdrawing money using the stolen cards. They transferred QR5,000 to their country.

The duo will be deported after serving the jail term.

A Criminal Court has sentenced in absentia a young Gulf national to a year’s imprisonment and imposed a fine of QR10,000 on her for trying to prevent a public employee from performing his duty.

The punishment also includes a fine of QR3,000 for causing disturbance in an inebriated state and insulting a taxi driver using abusive language.

The woman, who consumed alcohol in a hotel, was returning to her place when she got involved in a dispute over fare with a taxi driver. During the argument, she insulted the cabbie, who then stopped a police car, according to the report.
The police found her in an inebriated state and nabbed her. The woman, however, put up a resistance when they tried to catch her, the report further states. 

She then left the State without attending the court sessions and was, therefore, sentenced in absentia under Article 180 of the Penal Law.

A Criminal Court has sentenced a Pakistani national to six months in jail and ordered his deportation on completion of the prison term for stealing a woman’s bag from a car.

The accused saw the woman stop her car and leave it unlocked. He then went up to the vehicle and took the bag, which contained QR2,100, a driving licence and other documents, including a bank card. He was later caught from the Al Waab area, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported on Sunday.

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