Assam State Police Recover Heritage Watch That Belonged to Late Footballer Diego Maradona
10:59 GMT 11.12.2021 (Updated: 18:47 GMT 19.10.2022)
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Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, who passed away in November 2020, was an admirer of high-end watches, primarily Rolex and Hublot. He was known for wearing two watches, one on each hand, so he knew both the time in his homeland and local time.
On Saturday, the Assam State Police recovered a stolen luxury watch that belonged to the late football player Diego Maradona, State Chief Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
On Twitter, Sarma shared that Assam Police, in cooperation with Dubai and Indian police, recovered a "Hublot heritage watch belonging to legendary footballer Late Diego Maradona".
In an act of international cooperation @assampolice has coordinated with @dubaipoliceHQ through Indian federal LEA to recover a heritage @Hublot watch belonging to legendary footballer Late Diego Maradona and arrested one Wazid Hussein. Follow up lawful action is being taken. pic.twitter.com/9NWLw6XAKz
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 11, 2021
The accused, Wazid Hussein, was arrested at his residence early on Saturday morning, the director-general of Assam Police said.
A costly Hublot watch... Maradona... Dubai... Assam Police
— DGP Assam (@DGPAssamPolice) December 11, 2021
Looks like random words, don't they?
But today all these words came together nicely, stating a story of successful International Cooperation between #DubaiPolice and @assampolice . pic.twitter.com/oMRYgpX3HH
According to the Indian website India Today, Hussein illegally obtained the watch while working as a guard for a private company in Dubai. The firm was looking after some of Maradona's belongings, including signed watches. After the suspect stole the watch fled to his hometown of Assam.
