4 Expats To be Deported and Banned from Returning to Kuwait After Drug and Alcohol Offenses

KUWAIT CITY, Jul 6: Four expatriates of three different nationalities are set to be deported after being arrested in separate operations in Farwaniya and Al-Mutlaa for possessing locally produced alcohol and marijuana, security sources said.

According to the source, two of the suspects were arrested in Farwaniya after authorities found seven bottles of locally manufactured alcohol in their possession. In a separate operation in Al-Mutlaa, two other expatriates were detained with two packets containing marijuana.

All four suspects were referred to the General Department for Drug Control, where investigations determined they were users of alcohol and narcotics rather than traffickers.

Based on the findings, authorities decided to deport the expatriates without referring their cases to the Public Prosecution. Their names are also expected to be placed on Kuwait's blacklist, barring them from re-entering the country.

The source stressed that the decision applies only to cases involving personal use. Any individual found possessing drugs with the intent to distribute will be referred to the judiciary to face criminal prosecution and the penalties prescribed under Kuwaiti law for drug trafficking and promotion.