Crime

KUWAIT CITY, July 23: Customs officers arrested three Saudi brothers for attempting to smuggle 1,915 packages of cigarettes loaded in three cars and valued at KD 16,000, reports Al-Rai daily. Customs officers assigned at Nuwaiseeb border suspected the three Saudi brothers who attempted to smuggle the cigarettes which they intend …

KUWAIT CITY, July 22: Farwaniya securitymen arrested an Egyptian, who works at the Civil Enforcement General Department, for lifting a travel ban in exchange for KD 400, reports Annahar daily. The Operations Unit in the Interior Ministry issued a directive to arrest the Egyptian after receiving information on his illegal …

KUWAIT CITY, July 22: Ahmadi Security Command launched a campaign during which 85 violators of law were arrested, 81 traffic citations were issued, 11 vehicles seized and two stolen vehicles were recovered. The arrested individuals included 30 against who arrest orders were issued due to unpaid debts, one who was wanted …

KUWAIT CITY, July 22: A Syrian truck driver was arrested for attempting to smuggle 377,000 Captagon pills into the country by hiding them in his heavy vehicle. In a press statement, Director General of General Customs Administration Consultant Jamal Al-Jalawi explained that the customs officers at Abdali border checkpoint suspected …

KUWAIT CITY, July 22: Hawally securitymen arrested an Indian for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Anba daily. Acting on information received from a citizen who called the Operations Unit at the Interior Ministry stating that the Indian is hiding drugs in his house, securitymen raided the suspect’s house and this led …

KUWAIT CITY, July 22: Official spokesperson of Ministry of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti denied the reports that went viral on social media and some websites about the arrest of a gang that manipulated the medical tests of expatriates. On Twitter, he affirmed that he contacted several senior officials of Ministry …

KUWAIT CITY, July 21: The Criminal Court acquitted an Arab expatriate who was accused of kidnapping and raping his colleague of same nationality and robbing her, and was imprisoned for eight months based on these offenses. According to the case files, the plaintiff said she was robbed and raped by …

KUWAIT CITY, July 21: A Syrian teenaged girl tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a moving vehicle which hit her and caused injuries, reports Al-Anba daily. According to the driver of the vehicle, the teenager, her mother and sister were crossing the road in Farwaniya and he …

KUWAIT CITY, July 21: The Court of Cassation overturned the verdict of the Court of Appeals that sentenced a motorcyclist to 20 months in prison with hard labor. The apex court thereby acquitted the defendant of physically abusing a Kuwaiti compatriot to the point of breaking his nose during an …

KUWAIT CITY, July 21: Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower Ahmad Al-Mousa said the authority has referred seven beggars to deportation. He noted the decision is in line with implementation of the rule of law and part of measures to stamp out the phenomenon of marginal workers in …