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was lenking from the sock and followed the tracks

alone to i\ house among the gardens near Jcdhal's.
Then she reported the matter to the police who
surrounded the house and raided it. The upper

rooms of the house were occupied by a mod man
who discouraged visitors by throwing stones at
them, the downstairs rooms were the head quarters
and store rooms of a band of robbers who hed been
working evidently for several years, Two lorry

loads of stolen property were removed from the
house including clocks, carpets, silks, clothes,
workmen’s tools etc. etc. In one room there

was an armoury of Arab guns, revolvers and
ammunition and a collection of keys and instru­
ments for opening locks. One of the gang was
arrested in the house and three other members

were arrested in the neighbourhood but several
more men escaped to the mainland, It eppeared
that the valuable stolen property was sent to

Qattar for sale and the less important spoil was
sold in Bahrain. Quantities of bones of sheep
goats and cattle were discovered in a pit in
the compound, Since this case there have been
nc complaints of organised robberies in the

villages.
13. Three cases, each of them similar, of
an unusual method of thieving occurred during
the year.

According to local custom when people are
married the bride’s family borrow jewelry and
ornaments to be worn by the bride during the

first week of her married life, In one case
a woman in Muharraq borrowed ornaments valued

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