KUWAIT CITY, March 21: Officers of the Directorate General for Drug Control (DGDC) arrested an Iraqi driver and a Kuwaiti Customs officer for their involvement in a drug smuggling racket. The arrests came after officials interrogated a kingpin  in the trade and his brother from whom 72 kilograms of hashish and 65,000 narcotic pills were recovered earlier.
The Iraqi driver had sold all his belongings and was leaving the country after learning about the arrests of the brothers. It was Border Security officers who suspected something fishy and detained him. During interrogation, he reportedly admitted to smuggling large quantities of drugs into the country in connivance with a Kuwaiti Customs official who allowed his truck to pass without checking at Al-Abdali border.
Securitymen rushed to the Customs officer’s residence in Al-Rafaie area and arrested him. They also found two weapons, bullets and KD 2,000 cash in his house. The man denied all charges, but his phone calls to the Iraqi driver were traced.
Investigations are going on.

Drug peddlers nabbed: Police have arrested two persons - an Egyptian and a bedoun - for trafficking in hashish, reports Alam Alyawm daily.
A security source said police acting on a tip-off set a trap for the Egyptian and caught him in possession with one kilo of hashish. The man was allegedly on his way to sell it to an addict.
During interrogation he confessed to trafficking in drugs and led police to his bedoun supplier who lived in Sulaibiya.
Police put the supplier under surveillance for 48 hours and then raided his home and seized from him 500 grams of hashish.

Stunt drivers held: The Ahmadi police during a crackdown on reckless motorists have arrested 20 youths and impounded their cars for endangering the lives of pedestrians and other motorists, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

Neighbor’s house shot at: Police are looking for an unidentified Kuwaiti man for shooting at the house of his neighbor in Umm Al-Haiman, reports Al-Anba daily.
The daily did not give details.

Lankan bootlegger: The Farwaniya police have arrested a Sri Lankan man for trading in locally-manufactured booze, reports Arrouiah daily.
The bootlegger was caught at a late evening hour in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. Police records show the man was reported absconder by his sponsor.
Police have allegedly seized from the man’s car 14 bottles of booze and referred him to the authorities.

Food markets raided: The Kuwait Municipality inspectors in a surprise inspection campaign in Shuwaikh and the Friday Market are said to have confiscated 500 kilos of expired foodstuff, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
The daily did not give more details.