KUWAIT CITY, July 25: Anti-narcotics officers have arrested two Iranians and an Indian for trading in opium.
Acting on a tip-off, Director General of the Drug Control General Department (DCGD) Major General Ahmad Al-Khalifa formed a team of securitymen tasked to put a suspected Iranian drug dealer under surveillance. The team arranged an entrapment after obtaining an arrest and search warrant from the Public Prosecution. They sent an undercover agent to purchase 250 grams of opium worth KD 500 from the suspect, who was arrested upon completion of the bogus transaction.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted the crime and guided police to the flat of his accomplice — another Iranian. Police raided the latter’s apartment in Hawally but they did not find anything, so they questioned him again until he led them to an abandoned vehicle where they found seven kilos of opium.
The suspects also told police that they purchased the opium from an Indian driver, who allegedly smuggles drugs from Iraq. When he was arrested, the Indian confessed that he purchased 10 kilograms of opium from Iraq recently and he is trading in drugs on behalf of an inmate at the Central Jail.
The three suspects were referred to the concerned security department for prosecution, and police have started taking the necessary procedures to question the inmate to verify the Indian’s claim.

Blast hurts bedoun: A bedoun suffered from multiple injuries recently when a cannon exploded in Umm Al-Guwati while he was trying to cut some of its parts that he intended to sell to scrap steel traders, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Sources revealed the bedoun was trying to steal parts of the cannon but it exploded, causing injuries in different parts of his body. Sources said the cannon is believed to be part of the weapons left by the defeated Iraqi Army during the invasion of Kuwait. They pointed out the incident also uncovered some aspects of public funds embezzlement and messing with the lives of citizens and residents as the company in charge of disposing the radioactive substances has failed to carry out its task efficiently.
Sources added the bedoun was taken to a nearby hospital but he managed to escape later even if he is said to be in a critical condition due to his exposure to the radioactive substances.
Police have started investigations to look for the suspect, while the concerned authorities have been alerted on the need to dispose the weapons and substances properly to avoid any disaster in the future.

Famous comedian beaten: A well-known Kuwaiti comedian was beaten by two Kuwaitis for making passes at their 20-year-old sister, reports Al-Shahed daily.
According to reports the family was dining at a restaurant on Bahrain Street in Salmiya.
The actor was seated next to the table of the family and when several youths gathered around his table, he invited the men’s sister to take a picture with him.
The brothers took it as an offense and beat the comedian. Then they took their sister and left the restaurant.
It is not known if the victim has filed a case against the brothers.

Transvestite nuisance: Police have arrested four cross-dressers and referred them to the General Department for Criminal Investigation for creating a nuisance inside a public park, reports Al-Anba daily.
According to reports the arrest came when the transvestites entered a public park and began harassing women and young girls. When the park security guards tried to evict the foursome, they beat the guards and the latter called the police.

30 held in crackdown: During a crackdown on vice, hawkers and people wanted by law, police are said to have arrested 30 persons in a suburb of Ahmadi, reports Al-Dar daily.
According to reports the campaign was ordered by the Director of the Ahmadi Security Directorate following complaints by residents of the area.
Most of those arrested are hawkers including Asian men selling pirated CDs, porno films, and prostitutes and pimps.
It has been reported during the campaign all exits and entries to the area were closed.
Police have seized from the hawkers 70 porno movies in addition to other paraphernalia.
The two prostitutes and a pleasure seeker who were arrested during the raid have been referred to the Deportation Center.