Citizen arrested on charges of robbery

T TV Thursday 29/November/2018 18:07 PM
By: Times News Service

An Omani citizen has been arrested on charges of robbery.
The accused who was caught in the middle of the crime, was carrying a bladed weapon when he attempted to rob another citizen’s house in the seventh district of al Khoud.
However, this wasn’t the first case the suspect was involved in.
“During the investigation, it became clear that the accused was also involved in other breaking and entering cases, as well as [cases of] of robbery [where he was armed] with a bladed weapon." - Royal Oman Police
The Public Prosecution's statistics in 2017 revealed that the directories in the Sultanate received 2,272 cases of theft during the year, 505 of which were registered in Muscat.