MoI to adopt strict measures against drug users very soon

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KUWAIT CITY, July 14: Considering the series of heinous crimes that have spread fear and anxiety among people in the past days and weeks, the time has come to not be silent about the matter any longer. In an effort to put an end to the nightmare of drug addiction and drug trafficking that has become a concern for citizens and expatriates, the Ministry of Interior is working on taking a set of strict measures and decisions in the next stage.

According to well-informed security sources, the ministry has issued instructions to expel any Gulf national or resident who is proven to have used narcotic substances. This comes as an urgent step to reduce the repercussions of this phenomenon on society by taking all necessary legal measures against these abusers and preventing them from entering the country again. The sources said, “After the shocking and horrific rise in the number of drug users of Gulf, Arab and foreign nationalities as per the latest statistics, the ministry has started expelling them from the country after confirming and verifying their use of narcotic substances through tests conducted on them to prove their abuse. Kuwait will not allow them to reside on its land, as they pose a real danger to the youth, and their presence threatens to spread the scourge of the abuse and promotion of these drugs.

There are instructions not to allow intermediaries to interfere at all in the matter and to hold legally accountable any employee who is negligent in their work”. The sources explained that the Drug Control General Department has a complete record of the drug users and promoters of narcotic substances who have been released from prison after the implementation of the penalties. They are under the microscope and control of the combatants, and anyone among them who return to the abuse of narcotic substances will be referred to the court again, and then will be imprisoned.

It is unfortunate that a large number of drug users and promoters of narcotic substances did not quit this scourge and returned to prison again. This is because they quickly returned to drug abuse and trafficking after they were released from prisons when their sentences ended. The sources highlighted the issuance of strict instructions to seize drug users, refer them to the concerned authorities, take all legal measures against them, and prosecute drug dealers. They called on citizens and residents to report drug dealers by calling the hotline No. 1884141 of the National Anti- Narcotics Committee, or the emergency No. 112, affirming that the reports will be treated with utmost confidentiality and secrecy. By Munif Nayef Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies

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