{"id":17009,"date":"2025-08-18T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17009"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:04:03","slug":"25m-pink-diamond-recovered-as-dubai-police-nab-thieves-within-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17009","title":{"rendered":"$25m pink diamond recovered as Dubai police nab thieves\u00a0within\u00a0hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dubai police said on Monday they caught three thieves just hours after they stole a precious pink diamond worth $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Dubai Police General Command has foiled the theft of a very rare pink diamond, valued at $25 million,&#8221; the police said in a statement shared by the United Arab Emirates&#8217; official news agency WAM.<\/p>\n<p>A diamond trader who had brought the jewel from Europe was lured to a villa by a crime gang under the pretence of a viewing by a potential wealthy client, police said.<\/p>\n<p>But the gem was stolen when the diamond dealer arrived for the bogus inspection, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Within eight hours three people from an unspecified Asian country were arrested &#8220;thanks to the efforts of specialised and field teams, and by using the latest artificial intelligence technologies,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage shared by the Dubai Media Office showed the three men with their faces blurred after their arrest as well as CCTV footage of the gang.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai is an important hub for diamond trading. Tightly controlled and policed, the UAE prides itself on its security and stability.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai police said on Monday they caught three thieves just hours after they stole a precious pink diamond worth $25 million. &#8220;The Dubai Police General Command has foiled the theft of a very rare pink diamond, valued at $25 million,&#8221; the police said in a statement shared by the United Arab Emirates&#8217; official news agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}