Govt probes breach of export rules, maltreatment of sheep

Hunt for hit and run motorist; Maid kills herself

By Munaif Nayef, Mishal AlSanousi

Al-Seyassah Staff and

Agencies

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The Federal Department of Agriculture said it was investigating a breach in export rules after live sheep were filmed being sold from backyard markets and stuffed in car boots in the midst of scorching heat at the notorious Al Rai livestock market, reports Al-Rai daily.

Live export activists Animals Australia said its investigators had counted at least 600 Australian sheep at the market being sold in possible breach of the so-called ESCAS (Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System) regulations.

Kuwait and other Gulf nations are in the midst of the holy month of Ramadan, which will conclude with the breaking of the feast, known as Eid al Fitr, at the end of the month.

Footage in 2010 of animals being maltreated at the market was a factor in the government drawing up its ESCAS scheme, which demands Australian-based exporters ensure they deliver to properly accredited slaughterhouses.

Breaches can lead to sanctions or bans on exports to certain markets and a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department said officials had already imposed additional requirements on Australian exporters as a result of previous breaches.

It is understood the Department has contacted a WA-based live exporter in connection with this latest investigation. Kuwait received about 37 per cent of all sheep exported in 2015-16.

20 sheep stolen:

Police are looking for an unidentified person for breaking into a farm in Wafra and stealing 20 sheep, reports Al-Anba daily.

Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department lifted fingerprints from the area to identify the thieves.

Child killed:

A flock of flamingo birds in a lake in the northern Kuwait reserve. — Ghazi Qafaf — KUNA

Criminal Security Men have started an investigation to arrest a motorist who hit and killed a Kuwaiti child in Northwest Sulaibikhat area and fled the scene.

A security source said the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry received information about the incident and dispatched a rescue team to the scene. Paramedics upon arrival examined the child and pronounced him dead. Criminal Evidences Men have been checking CCTV cameras installed at neighboring mosques to trail the suspect.

Apparently, the child was on the way to a mosque for Fajr prayer when A fireman was injured in the left foot during an operation at an abandoned building in Shuwaikh Industrial Area.

A fire source said, the Operations Room of the Fire Department received information about a fire in an abandoned building and deployed a team of firemen to the location. Apparently, the fire had started in the

he met his fate. A case was registered.

Maid kills herself:

A Nepali housemaid hanged herself with a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling of her room on the rooftop of her sponsor’s house in Jaber Al-Ali Area.

The sponsor notified the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry that his Nepali housemaid had committed suicide and a team of rescue men went to the location. Upon arrival, they discovered the maid was already dead, and Criminal Evidences Men referred the remains to Forensics for autopsy.

Drug pills seized:

Customs officers at Abdali border exit foiled an attempt by an Arab trucker to smuggle 14000 pills of Captagon from Iraq into the country.

Sources said customs officers at the checkpoint found illicit drugs carefully hidden inside the cushion of the vehicle during routine check. He admitted ownership of the contraband and told the officers he was smuggling it for sale. He was referred for further investigation.

Meanwhile, customs men at Kuwait airport arrested a Sri Lankan first floor of the empty building and extended 1,500 square/meters but the officers managed to control the flames from spreading and extinguished it within a record time.

Initial investigation revealed that several gas cylinders were stored inside the building. The fireman who sustained injury was referred to Razi Hospital for treatment.

High ranking firemen were present at the scene to supervise the operation. A case was registered.

expatriate with a quarter kilogram of Qat hidden in his clothes. He was referred to concerned authorities for necessary action.

Account shut down:

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has successfully shut down the account (jesscambpell477) operated by a Jamaican fraudster on Instagram, reports Al-Anba daily.

The swindler reportedly invited people to invest money through him in a stock exchange in return for handsome returns.

He was reportedly targeting unsuspecting clients, mostly Asians. He promised quick returns and said KD 200 can fetch KD 2,500 in a few days.

According to an informed source, the CID contacted the Instagram administration and closed the account.

Kuwaiti woman cheated:

A Kuwaiti woman who dreamt of owning a house in the United States did not know she had been cheated, reports Al-Anba daily.

She told the Rawdah Police Station three people posted an advertisement for the sale of apartment in the United States

The woman paid KD 27,342 to

a company owned by the three suspects — a Kuwaiti, a bedoun and an Egyptian. She later discovered the trio is serving time inside the Central Prison for cheating people to the tune of hundreds of thousands of Kuwaiti dinars.

Smuggling bid foiled:

Customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport recently foiled the attempt of an African woman to smuggle four polyethylene bags of qat — one of the most common forms of drug use and abuse in many East African nations which involves chewing parts of the qat plant – hidden inside bread, reports Al-Anba daily.

The same inspectors foiled another attempt of an Asian man to smuggle 4 wraps of marijuana.

The contraband and the two suspects have been referred to the General Department of Drug Control.

Thefts on rise:

The Interior Ministry sectors including the State Security has stressed on the need to tighten security along highways and in the desert following the increase in theft of power cables, reports AlAnba daily according to reports sent by the Ministry of Electricity.