Two months later, a 25-dinar food order ends in a theft case filed at the police station
Ahmed Khamis
In a peculiar case, a food order from a restaurant ended with a criminal complaint filed against the individual who placed the order and had it delivered to his home but failed to pay for the meal.
According to details provided by a security source to Al-Anbaa, the incident began as a routine food order but, after more than two months, culminated in a theft report and a request for an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department. An unidentified individual ordered a meal worth 25 dinars and 500 fils from a restaurant, yet the payment never reached the establishment despite weeks of attempts and waiting.
The source revealed that an Egyptian delivery worker took the order to the specified address in the Dahr district. Upon arrival, he knocked on the door, and an Asian male driver working at the residence came out and accepted the food. The driver then asked the delivery worker to wait, stating he would go inside to fetch the money.
The source continued: The driver entered the house and closed the door, while the delivery worker remained outside waiting. However, the minutes turned into a long wait with no one returning to him, and he spent nearly two hours in front of the house. When he began knocking again, no one answered.
He added: At that point, the worker contacted the restaurant management to report what had happened. They instructed him to return to his workplace, stating that management would handle contacting the customer to collect the payment for the meal.
According to the source, the restaurant management began attempting to reach the customer without success. However, the restaurant owner did not rush to file a police report, telling his employees that the man might have encountered circumstances that prevented him from paying, and asked them to wait and give him a chance.
With the wait extending and continued attempts to resolve the issue over nearly two months without a response from the customer or payment for the food, the restaurant management found no choice but to pursue legal action to recover their financial rights.
The source concluded: The restaurant’s legal representative went to the Dahr police station and recounted the details of the incident, from the delivery of the order to the two months of attempted contact. A theft case was registered and referred to the Criminal Investigation Department to complete the investigation, identify the customer, and determine the circumstances of the incident.
