Bangladeshi gang selling expired rice as high quality product caught; 2 Asians running liquor factory busted

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 2: Irrespective of the level of innovativeness among the wicked and evil souls in promoting their illicit goods, the ever-alert security authorities will always be on the lookout. A Bangladeshi gang that specialized in selling expired Indian rice in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area received a hard blow recently by officers from the Financial Crimes Department of General Directorate of Criminal Investigations, reports Al-Rai daily.

This gang used to repackage expired Indian rice and rebrand it as excellent-quality Pakistani rice. It would collect expired rice from all over and store it in an apartmentcum- factory in Jleeb Al Shuyoukh area where they played their dirty game.

After repacking and branding the expired rice, they would sell it to various shops from where the rice would eventually end up in the stomachs of consumers. When security authorities received information about the illegal operations of the gang, the Director General of General Directorate of Criminal Investigations Major General Mohammad Al-Sharhan tasked the Financial Crimes Department to monitor and collect information to verify the wicked activities of the Bangladeshi gang.

Securitymen, in coordination with the emergency team of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, raided the factory and arrested the gang members. They confiscated a huge quantity of the rebranded expired rice bags which were ready to go to various markets. The gang members were referred to the concerned authorities. Investigations to find the printing shop that facilitated their operations are underway.

Liquor factory busted: Officers from Ahmadi Security Directorate arrested two Asians for running a liquor factory inside their fl at, says Al-Seyassah. A security source said Ahmadi Security Chief Brigadier Abdullah Safaa received information about the activities of some Asians manufacturing local alcohol in a fl at, and a team of detectives was formed to follow up the issue. Warrant was issued by the Public Prosecution to arrest the suspects after confirming validity of the report, and the officers confiscated 56 drums, 55 bottles of ready-made liquor, and other tools for manufacturing liquor during the raid. They referred the two Asians with the contraband to concerned authorities for necessary action.

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