KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23: Yesterday morning, Ahmadi security men raided a local liquor factory in a house in the Al-Dhahr area, managed by 3 Asians, including a woman, and found inside it large quantities of local liquor and barrels filled with raw material, in addition to special materials and tools for making alcohol.

According to security, this happened after the Ahmadi Security Directorate got a tip-off from unidentified sources that the trio was using the rented house to manufacture alcohol inside a rented house in the Al-Dhahr area.

Armed with a search and arrest warrant issued by the Public Prosecution, the security men in coordination with the Kuwait Municipality, busted the place and seized the three people.

Inside the house, the security men found  2,000 bottles of wine ready for sale and approximately 150 barrels filled with fermented raw material, in addition to special tools and equipment used for making alcohol.

The security men have also seized from the bootleggers a four-wheel-drive which they used to deliver alcohol to their ‘customers’.

During the investigation, the three suspects confessed to manufacturing liquor and selling it to customers. They have been referred to the competent authority.

By Mansour Al-Sultan

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff