The defendant worked as a security guard in a company in the United Arab Emirates, which kept the belongings of the late Argentine footballer, reflected the website of The Week magazine.
In an act of international cooperation, the Police of Assam, the eastern state of India, coordinated with the headquarters of the police forces in Dubai to recover the garment belonging to Maradona and also arrested the thief Wazid Hussein.
The defendant is suspected of being involved in the theft of the safe where the watch was kept, Police Director General Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said.
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