Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Burglaries

Burglaries have always been Dubai's dirty secret, all long term residents know that this is much more common than reported. Although the only thing I have lost was a car radio from my garage most of my friends who live in villas have experienced some type of incident with 3 having had the full Monty including one girl who woke to find a guy in her bedroom, another lost his car after the keys were taken while he slept.
Much of this may be drug fuelled and that may be why it is covered up since many nationals have been involved as well as the obvious scapegoats of illegal immigrants.
Now the Weasel has to follow news in the Springs since it is fast becoming one of the few options left he can afford, so it was with interest that he read in 7days of a burglary spree in the springs and Hills.
Interesting though that 7 days printed what all the rumors have been saying, that the guards employed to protect the communities may in fact be responsible. Wonder how much they get paid? Where do they live? What are their working conditions? Answer these questions and you may be getting closer to the reasons behind this spree and where to look for the culprits.