Campaign targets street hawkers

Syrian retired officer held:

A Syrian retired Navy colonel, identified only as A.H., has been arrested for obtaining the Kuwaiti citizenship through forgery, reports Al-Rai daily.

The man was arrested after the Citizenship Department received a tip-off that the Syrian had obtained the citizenship by forging documents and enjoyed all privileges given to Kuwaitis until he reached the rank of colonel in the Kuwait Navy and retired in 2007.

Acting on this information police raided his home and caught him. During interrogation he admitted to the charge and said a Kuwaiti identified only as H, added him to his nationality file.

When police checked the man’s file, they discovered the Kuwaiti had added 13 people to his nationality file, eight of them women. Among the men five held the post of officers in the Interior Ministry.

The case has been referred to the Council of Ministers. The daily added, the other 12 forgers will be summoned for interrogation.

The team affiliated to the Department of Public Hygiene and Road Occupancy that is in charge of confronting street hawkers launched an inspection campaign at Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area during which it confiscated four truckloads of vegetables and fruits, reports Al-Anba daily.

According to the Public Relations Department of Kuwait Municipality, such a campaign was launched parallel to its media awareness campaign titled “Your health is your responsibility” and the readiness of Kuwait Municipality to receive the holy month of Ramadan.

The department urged all citizens and residents to refrain from dealing with street vendors and hawkers, as they do not hold health certificates and the foodstuffs they sell could be spoiled due to high temperatures.

It affirmed that such inspection campaigns will continue in order to bring an end to the phenomenon of random markets that spoil the beauty of the country.