J - Dubai Arrests Man Over U.S. Consulate Hoax Call. The consulate reopened on Thursday after closing to the public for security reasons on Wednesday.

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Dubai Arrests Man Over U.S. Consulate Hoax Call. The consulate reopened on Thursday after closing to the public for security reasons on Wednesday.


Published: January 23, 2009 12:06h

Police in the Gulf trading hub of Dubai have arrested a man over a hoax phone call that led to the one-day closure of the U.S. consulate for security reasons, newspapers said on Friday.

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Snippet(s):

"The Lebanese-American was held on suspicion of calling police from a public phone to say that a Sudanese man, whom he accused of swindling him of 700,000 dirhams ($191,000), was "planning to do something" against the consulate, police chief Dhahi Khalfan was quoted as saying by Gulf News."