DUHOK, Kurdistan Region — Duhok police have recovered a large sum of money stolen from a family in Duhok on Friday.
$2,600,000 and four kilos of gold was located in a remote area and returned to its owner in the provincial capital on Monday.
“Officers have been on duty around the clock for three days in pursuit of the perpetrators. There were four people, two of them planned, and the others committed the robbery,” Hemin Sleman, spokesperson for Duhok police.
Police say a domestic worker left the window open for the robbers and gave them the keys to the house.
The worker is from Georgia and has been working in the house for five months. The robbers travelled from Georgia to perform the heist on August 31.
With the absence of the family at home, they were able to steal the money with ease.
“After returning from our farmhouse,[..]my mother came upstairs after bringing the stuff into the house and found a bracelet in front of the door. [...] She said she might have dropped the bracelet. She then found an earring after opening the door. We then became suspicious,” said Amed Kurdo, a member of the family stolen from.
Although they were unable to transport the money and gold, the robbers managed to escape the Kurdistan Region.
"This was part of a plan. When this woman started working at the house, she was well prepared... after she left and crossed the border, she had some friends, and when it was confirmed the owner was not at home, she called them to go and commit the robbery in peace," said Brig. Gen. Ahmed Fakhri Majid, director of police Duhok, in a press conference on Friday.
Surveillance cameras had enabled the police to find the money.
Having found the money, the family launched fireworks and invited relatives to celebrate.
According to Duhok’s Directorate of Labour, there are at least 2,350 domestic workers in the province.
Translation and video editing by Sarkawt Mohammed
