KUWAIT CITY, Feb 17: Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department have arrested seven Indians for stealing telephone lines and offering illegal overseas call services, reports Awan daily.
Police, acting on information and armed with a search and arrest warrant, raided a number of apartments in Hawalli and caught the men red-handed.
Police have confiscated communication devices and a computer from the illegal service providers and referred them to the authorities.

Gang of thieves caught: Police have arrested a four-man gang for breaking into cars of worshippers during prayer time, reports Arrouiah daily.
The daily quoting security sources said police acting on reports intensified their efforts and caught the thieves red-handed while attempting to break into the car of one of the worshippers which was parked in front of a mosque in Kaifan.
The daily added the thieves have been referred to the authorities.
However, the Al-Rai added the thieves were monitoring people who withdraw money from banks or from ATMs and then follow them and break into their vehicles.
According to the daily the gang was busted when police arrested one person on suspicion during a raid on a suspicious apartment at an unidentified location.
He was allegedly spending money lavishly on drugs and during interrogation at a police station he admitted to stealing KD 120,000 from one car and KD 25,000 from another.
He then guided police to his three accomplices - two Kuwaitis and one Asian.

Ex-husband a thief:  A female Kuwaiti kindergarten teacher has filed a complaint with the Sabah Al-Salem police accusing her ex-husband of breaking into her apartment during her absence and stealing KD 500 cash and a laptop computer belonging to her daughter, reports Al-Rai daily.
The ex-husband will be summoned for interrogation.

Bike robbery bid foiled: Police have arrested three juveniles for attempting to steal a motorbike from the home of a Kuwaiti man in Surra, reports Arrouiah daily.
The thieves were caught red-handed while attempting to cut a lock and a chain. They have been referred to the authorities.

Adwa sues for damages : The Civil Court of First Instance announced Wednesday that it is not specialized in hearing a case filed by MP Khaled Al-Adwa against the ministers of Interior and justice, in their capacities. 
In his lawsuit, Adwa asked the court to order both ministers to pay him KD200,000 compensation for the erroneous pronouncement of Badi Al-Dossari as one of the winners in the Fifth Constituency during the 2009 National Assembly elections.  Attorney Mohamed Menwir Al-Mutairi represented Adwa in court.
Adwa said he was number 10 in the constituency few minutes before the end of the counting of votes, but he was surprised when the Ministry of Interior declared Dossari as the winner, instead of him.  He later filed a case at the Constitutional Court against the ministries of Interior and Justice.  It has been proven that Adwa got more votes than Dossari.  Adwa said he incurred material and intangible losses due to the error.
Row over mosque
The Civil Court of Appeals on Wednesday set Feb 18, 2010 to rule on a case filed by some Kuwaiti residents in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh to stop the ongoing construction of a mosque in the area as it poses a grave threat to the residents.
The complainants said the construction site is located only 21 meters away from the pipelines of Khashman Oil Field. According to the law, buildings should be at least 500 meters away from oil pipelines, they argued.
They also provided the court with copies of correspondences between Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to stress the need to immediately stop the construction. 
They alleged the violation was deliberate as KOC has forwarded many letters to the concerned authorities to halt the project, but its efforts went in vain.
The Court of First Instance had earlier dismissed the case.