SHARJAH // Eight men, including the owners of a used car and spare parts shop, have been arrested over a spate of bus thefts, police said yesterday.
The men were allegedly stealing buses, cutting them into spare parts and packing them into containers to be exported.
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Police said they received several reports of buses being stolen, including a bus from a hotel.
They said that when they raided a garage they found parts from the missing hotel bus, some withthe hotel's name on them.
The eight men have been referred to the public prosecution, police said.
