KUWAIT CITY, Nov 28: Securitymen arrested four Nigerian men and are looking for other two for trading in forged US dollars, reports Al-Rai daily.
A security source said the Nigerians came to the country on the invitation of Kuwait Squash Association.
The source said the association received a letter from Nigerian Squash Federation stating its desire to conduct a 20-day joint training course for 18 of their players with Kuwaiti players in preparation for international championships.
The source said officials from the Kuwait Squash Association went to the hotel where the Nigerians were accommodated and were shocked to discover that the ‘players’ had nothing to do with sports and that they paid $1,500 each to sports officials in their country to help them enter Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti officials promptly informed security authorities who, in turn, managed to arrest four of the fraudsters.
Incidentally, Nigeria does not have a squash federation.

Kuwaiti freed in drug case: The Criminal Court acquitted a Kuwaiti man who was arrested in possession of hashish and cocaine.
Policemen found the suspect unconscious in his car. On checking, they found an envelope and a black object which they suspected was a drug consumption tool. Police also suspected that the envelope contained drugs and arrested him.
The suspect’s lawyer Abdullah Al-Alanda argued that the suspect was not caught red-handed and that his arrest was illegal. He said police found cocaine, but no consumption tools. He stressed that the arrest and the inspection of his client was illegal.

Company loses suit: The Court of Cassation rejected the request of a company to order an unidentified man to pay KD10,000 compensation and the attorney’s fee for his alleged failure to pay the rent for a cooling van.
Attorney Abdulaziz Al-Swayed, lawyer of the company, disclosed his client and the accused had signed an agreement to rent a cooling van for KD1,550 monthly but the latter did not pay the rent.  The company then requested him to pay KD9,300 rent and the corresponding amount for the remaining period of the contract, return the van, and pay the attorney’s fee. 
The case was later referred to experts who recommended that the accused should not pay anything, since there is no proof on the date the van was rented out.  The company also failed to present any evidence that he did not return the vehicle, so the court ruled in his favor. 

Bank found guilty:  The Cassation Court recently ruled that an undisclosed bank has no right to amend interest rates after the signing of the loan contract. 
Attorney Faisal Al-Enezi, who represented a borrower in court, argued the bank violated the rules and regulations on loan interests.  He explained Article 115 of the Commercial Law states that it is illegal to charge interest on frozen assets and the total interest payments should not be more than the loan amount, except in cases stipulated in this law.  He added the bank also violated Article 6 of the loan agreement, particularly the calculation of interest based on days, not months as stated in the contract.
Case files indicate that in 2003 the borrower obtained KD 50,000 loan from a bank to be paid in equal monthly installments (KD 395 for 240 months).  The borrower paid his installments regularly but he was surprised when the bank did not deduct the payments from the loan amount.  When the bank started putting pressure on him to pay his installment, he decided to take a legal action against it.  He provided the court with all the necessary documents to prove that he has been paying the installments regularly.
The bank also presented some documents, which showed that it has amended the loan contract and re-calculated the installments; thereby, violating the law.

Jail term cut: The Cassation Court rejected a case in which an expatriate was accused of forging a bill and a false notice, because the case was already settled.
The Court of First Instance sentenced the suspect to one year jail with hard labor. It also ordered that he be deported after serving the jail term. The suspect appealed at the Court of Appeals and his lawyer Ali Al-Wawan argued that it was a case of revenge. The Court of Appeals accepted the appeal and reduced the jail term to one month.