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KUWAIT CITY, Feb 1: An Indian expatriate was arrested for selling hashish and heroin in Jahra area. According to security sources, when Director of Jahra Security Directorate Major General Mahmoud Al-Tabakh received information about an Indian expatriate involved in drug peddling, a security team was formed for investigations. After observing …
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MoI female employee arrested for drugs
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 23: A Kuwaiti woman who works at Ministry of Interior was arrested in possession of drugs, reports Al-Shahed daily. According to security sources, the woman tried to escape from a security checkpoint but Ahmadi securitymen chased and caught her. They checked her vehicle to find narcotic pills. …
Read More »Egyptian prisoner’s Filipina wife held with 4,000 drug pills, shabu & KD 2,000 cash
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 16: Officers from the General Criminal Investigation Department arrested a Filipina for drug trafficking with 4,000 Tramadol pills, a quarter kilo of shabu and cash amounting to KD 2,000 in her possession. Acting on information about the illegal activity of the suspect who works at a supermarket …
Read More »US citizen, two Arabs held for drug peddling
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10: Personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department have arrested three people — two Lebanese and an American — for trafficking in ‘chemical’ drug, reports Annahar daily. The daily added, acting on information the police put the men under surveillance and caught them selling drugs to a police …
Read More »Securitymen nab 4 people for drugs, alcohol, financial cases
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 2: Officers from Capital Security Command continued their security operations throughout the weekend and arrested four people in possession of narcotic pills and other intoxicants. Among those arrested was an individual wanted for financial related offense. According to security sources, police arrested an Indian in his mid-30s …
Read More »Kuwaiti man, Arab woman caught carrying drugs
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 28: A Kuwaiti man and an Arab woman in their 30s were caught in Rumaithiya area in possession of Shabu and heroin after committing a traffic offense. The officers were on routine patrol when they spotted the citizen driving in a reckless manner and ordered him to …
Read More »Canadian drug kingpin, citizen caught for growing marijuana
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21: Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs at the Ministry of the Interior Major-General Abdul Hamid Al-Awadhi, Director-General of the General Department of Criminal Investigations Major-General Mahmoud Al-Tabbakh and detectives have arrested an unidentified Canadian for planting marijuana inside his home, says a press release issued by …
Read More »Gang of flesh traders busted – ‘Company’s folly led to passage of 200 kg drugs at border’
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 9: An unidentified company, whose contract with the government expired about a year ago, continues to inspect vehicles leaving and entering the country to and from Iraq at the Abdali border post, reports Al-Rai daily quoting MP Abdullah Al- Turaiji. Al-Turaiji added, this folly was discovered after …
Read More »Asian held with 2 kg marijuana
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 7: Customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport recently foiled an attempt by an unidentified Asian to smuggle 2 kilos of marijuana into the country, reports Al- Rai daily. The contraband and the suspect have been referred to the authorities. Diplomat accused: A Jordanian has filed a …
Read More »Passage of drugs via Abdali border remains murky
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 4: Although the Kuwait General Administration of Customs is investigating the issue of 200 kilos of hashish and 200,000 narcotic pills which were smuggled into the country through the Abdali border continues in top secrecy, it is time to ponder how this contraband was not discovered by …
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