KUWAIT CITY, Dec 15: Acting on information and armed with a search and arrest warrant issued by the Public Prosecution, the Rumaithiya police recently raided an apartment, arrested a Kuwaiti pimp and freed three Asian females who had been allegedly held captive by the man against their wishes and forced into prostitution, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

A police source said this came to light when the sister of one of the women filed a complaint with the police. She informed the authorities the Kuwaiti claimed to be a policeman and asked money from the sister to free her sibling.

However, the Al-Rai daily gave another version of the story.
The daily said the suspect is a criminal. He claimed to be a policeman and raided an apartment in Salmiya and arrested the three women because he was aware they were violators of residence law and held them captive inside the room they were staying in.

He also reportedly had sex with them and then asked each one to pay him KD 120 to release them. One of the captives reportedly agreed and requested him to allow her to go to the neighbor to borrow money.
The Arab neighbor agreed to pay the money and requested the impersonator to give him some time and reported the incident to police.

Sensing trouble the suspect took the women in his car and drove off. Police set a trap for him and when he returned with the women to the same place police closed in on him and took him into custody.
The daily added the man tried in vain to escape from police. A police source said the suspect is wanted by law in connection with four crimes — fraud, kidnapping, raping and impersonating police.

Lovers nabbed in car: Police arrested an Indian man and a female compatriot for engaging in immoral acts inside a car parked in front of a mosque in Salhiya.
After noticing a car parked suspiciously in the area, the securitymen approached the vehicle for inspection but to their surprise they found the couple in a compromising position. The officers then referred the couple to the concerned security department.

5 tons tainted baby milk seized: Personnel from the Imported Food Department at the Kuwait Municipality during a five-hour surprise inspection campaign in Ardhiya are said to have confiscated 460 cartons (approximately 5 tons) of expired baby milk powder from an unlicensed store. It has also been reported the milk was stored in unhygienic condition, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
The confiscated milk reportedly expired in July and November 2010. The milk will be destroyed and legal action will be taken against the violators of laws.
The Public Relations Department of the Kuwait Municipality has issued a statement saying Dr Fadhel Safar, Minister of Public Works, Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, was following up the campaign minute by minute on the phone.


Man held in cash fraud: The Special Task Force police have arrested an unidentified person in connection with KD 507,000 financial fraud, reports Al-Rai daily.
The suspect was taken into custody in a suburb of Salmiya. Without going into details the daily said the man has been referred to the Sentences Enforcement Department.

Cash, jewelry stolen: Police are looking for an unidentified burglar who allegedly broke into the house of a Kuwaiti man in Al-Riqqa, broke into the safe and escaped with KD 2,000 in cash and jewelry worth KD 14,000, reports Al-Shahed daily.

Royals bikes stolen: Police are looking for four unidentified persons for impersonation police and stealing two motorbikes belonging to two youths from the ruling family, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The young sheikhs were having a meal in Al-Zour and the suspects came in a Jeep and claimed to be police. One of them carried a gun and for no apparent reason threatened to shoot them and drove off with their motorbikes.

37 youths arrested: The Sulaibikhat police during a campaign against young reckless motorists and trouble makers are said to have arrested 37 youths and referred them to a police station, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. It has also been reported some restaurants in the area which operated beyond specified times have been asked to close doors on time.

Wanted men caught: Hawalli police have arrested a Lebanese man wanted by law, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
The suspect was arrested in Al-Nugra.
In other news, the Jahra police have arrested a GCC citizen who had been sentenced in absentia for a three years imprisonment for committing an armed robbery. He has been referred to the Sentences Enforcement Department.

Bomb ‘misses’ workers: Two Egyptian workers had a miraculous escape from death because while near a house in Sabah Al-Salem they came across a strange object which turned out to be a bomb, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Acting on information the bomb disposal experts rushed to the spot and detonated it on an open ground. The bomb is believed to be remnant of ordnances left behind the Iraqi army in 1991. 

Worker breaks bones: An unidentified Egyptian worker has been admitted to the Adan hospital with fracture in his left hand, legs and pelvis. He reportedly fell from a building under construction in Ahmadi, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
The contractor has been summoned for interrogation for allegedly violating safety rules.