Sri Lankan jailed for stealing valuables from Dubai villa

Three men were sentenced to a year in jail each for breaking into a villa and stealing valuables worth Dh1 million while the owner was overseas on holiday. Only one of the three Sri Lankans, a 47-year-old, was caught, when he tried to leave the country from Sharjah International Airport. He will be deported after serving his sentence, The National website in the UAE reported. His two compatriots, however, had already flown home with most of the stolen goods and were sentenced in absentia. The