Security operatives attached to the Jahra Command, under the supervision of Brigadier General Mohammad Tana Al-Enezi, apprehended 50 youths who were found loitering at various shopping malls during an intensive security campaign in the region at the weekend.
The officers responded to several complaints by families and residents about youths loitering at the shopping malls and disturbing peace in Jahra. Brigadier Tana set out for the campaign accompanied by the Assistant Brigadier Mohammad Al-Dayyen, Head of Jahra Security Team Lieutenant Colonel Salah Al-Da’as and Jahra Patrol Leader Major Matar Al-Sabel.
Meanwhile, among the youths arrested were military personnel, who were caught harassing women and families shopping inside the malls. They were made to sign undertakings, while police shaved their heads to serve as punishment and deterrent for others.

Car thieves held: Hawally se-curitymen have arrested three youths - two Bedouns and a GCC national - for stealing cars parked at the Swimming Pools Complex on the Arabian Gulf Road.
While on duty in the area, the securitymen caught the youths in the act of stealing a car.  During interrogation, the youths admitted the crime and told police that they had carried out a similar operation thrice in the past.  They were referred to the concerned authorities for the necessary legal action.

Drug peddlers nabbed: Police arrested two Egyptian employees of a restaurant in Fintas for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Anba daily.
One of the traffickers was arrested during a buy-bust operation while selling a finger of hashish worth KD 60 to a police agent with marked police money and he guided police to his compatriot partner. Sources say police seized a kilogram of hashish from the second suspect’s car.
In a similar but separate incident, securitymen arrested two Iranians for trafficking in opium, the daily added. The Iranians were arrested while selling 20 grams of opium to a police agent with marked police money. Armed with a warrant, police raided the house of the traffickers and seized 500 grams of opium.

A vacation lost: Police are looking for an unidentified burglar who broke the window pane of a Kuwaiti man’s vehicle parked in front of his house in Sulaibikhat and escaped with KD1,000 and 10,000 Egyptian pounds, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
Sources say the man was preparing to spend his summer holidays in Egypt. Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department lifted fingerprints from the scene to identify the culprit.

ID a criminal: The Ministry of Interior will adopt a new sophisticated system for identifying wanted persons, reports Al-Anba daily.
An informed source said the General Department of Information Technology and Communication at the ministry is developing a device in which criminal records and traffic violations of both Kuwaitis and expatriates will be fed. When any person puts his thumb on the device, all data related to him or her, including the civil ID number will appear on the screen of the device.
The source said such devices will be distributed to authorities very soon.