{
  "id": 11209226,
  "title": "How 270,000 crime-scene traces helped Dubai Police investigations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/how-270-000-crime-scene-traces-helped-dubai-police-investigations",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:37:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/how-270000-crime-scene-traces-helped-dubai-police-investigations-1.500695068"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Dubai Police crime scene investigators collected nearly 270,000 physical and digital traces from crime scenes between 2023 and August 2026, helping investigators identify suspects and solve criminal cases across the emirate. The Crime Scene Department at the General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology lifted 269,707 traces during the period, while also recording a 17 per cent…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}