Crime

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 27: The Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police have arrested an Indian driver for bootlegging, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily added, police records show the sponsor of the suspect had filed a missing persons report against the man and police caught him with 54 bottles of alcohol. The man was …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: A Filipino expatriate says an unknown individual swindled him of KD 2,527 via a hoax call claiming he won KD 20,000, says Al-Seyassah. According to security sources, the victim, who is an employee of a leading company, filed a case at Ahmadi Police Station against the …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: The Public Prosecution has decided to release former MP Nasser Al-Duwaila on bail worth KD 4,000 after completing investigations with him concerning two cases that were filed against him by Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs for allegedly insulting Saudi Arabia in his Twitter …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department are looking for an unidentified Egyptian for assaulting and raping a 33-yearold Filipina at knife-point inside her apartment, reports Al-Anba daily. The daily said the intruder entered the home of the Filipina armed with a knife assaulted and raped her …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: The Criminal Section in the Court of Appeals upheld the decision of a lower court to sentence Munzer Habib in absentia to two years in prison, allowing suspension of implementing the sentence for three years. The Public Prosecution charged Habib, on the background of the symposium …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: Personnel from the General Traffic Department during security campaigns which lasted from Oct 14 to Oct 20 are said to have issued 34,916 citations and impounded 1,267 vehicles for committing serious traffic violations, nine cars ‘wanted’ by the authorities and six motorcycles, reports Al-Anba daily. During …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: The Misdemeanor Court of Appeals upheld a verdict issued by the Court of First Instance, which acquitted a Kuwaiti citizen who was accused of disturbing his ex-wife via phone calls, purportedly for threatening and insulting her. The woman, who is the plaintiff, accused him of calling …

 KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: An Asian expatriate died due to a fire that broke out in the Capital Security Operations building. A police officer sustained injuries in his hand while trying to rescue the victim. According to sources, when the Control Room of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) received …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: Police have taken into custody four men (one of them armed with a cleaver) for kidnapping a young Interior Ministry police officer, taking him allegedly to a deserted area, molesting him and threatening to kill him, reports Al-Rai daily. According to a complaint filed by the …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: A Kuwaiti employee of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has informed Fahaheel Police Station that she was shocked to find a recording device inside her SUV when she had given it to a garage. She explained to securitymen that she had given the vehicle to …