Abu Dhabi Police arreested an Arab Sorcerer after 10 days from his entry to the UAE. The Sorcerer claimed that he can bring people’s hearts together by stitching papers with names on them together with a needle and a thread.
The Criminal Investigation Deparrtment arrested the man who claimed that he can bring hearts together, aboilish the effect of spells, double wealths, contact with Genies and perform necromancy. He determined different rates for each action he perfomrs for his clients.
The evidences collected showed that the sorcerer stitched papers with names of people on them by using a needle and thread to bring together and seprate people from each other. He expolited the weakness and ignorance of some people to make money in an illegal way.
Colonel Dr. Rashed Muhammad Bu Rashid, Director of Criminal Investigations Department in Abu Dhabi Police said: “the police arrested the man as soon as it received information that he is performing sorcery for money that he charges for each session. The crime tools were confiscated by the police.”
The case dates back to last March when inforamtion received from a trusted sources indicated that an Arab tourist (H. H., 38 years) was perfomring sorecery and was luring his victims especially women by telling lies about his abilitites to abolish spells and spread harmony between married couples, in addition to his ability to double wealth by “magical knots” that he used to make.
Colonel Bu Rashid added: “the team verified the criminal activity performed by the man. The sorcerer was contacted by a female police staff member who claimed to be a client wanting to solve her family issues and double her money.”
Bu Rashid noted that the suspect confessed his crime and said that what he was doing is a religious ritual and not sorcery. However, the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department said that the material ceased with the accused are of those used in black magic and sorcery. The material included pieces of papers with talismans and puzzles in an unknown language and in the shape of pyramids, in addition to folded papers with people’s names on them stitched together, incense, rosary and boxes containing solid and liquid materials. These materials are often used in sorcery.
Colonel Bu Rashid said that performing sorcery is a great danger that threatens the society by exploiting people and deceiving them in ways that make them believe sorcerers and wish to put their misery to an end by benefiting from the sorcerers powers. He stressed the importance of increasing the community awareness to stop dealing with such ways that mislead the public though claims that sorcerers can contact with the world of spirits to solve family disputes and chronic diseases.
He advised the public to report such people and not to deal with them or tell them secrets so that they won’t use those secrets against them, noting that the Abu Dhabi Police is committed to its community responsibilities by countering crime.