Kuwaiti young people targeted as drugs business gains momentum: top officials
Seduce and rob ... gorgeous thief’s game comes to an end
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 23: While the security authorities are stepping up efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs to protect young people from the deluge of these toxins, senior security authorities say the drugs trade is gaining momentum and the target is the Kuwaiti youth, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting reliable security sources.
The same sources claimed the drugs are being sold ‘openly’ and traders and consumers exchange money for drugs in specific areas such as Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Farwaniya, Khaitan and Jahra although the security forces have been exerting tremendous efforts to prevent these criminal acts.
The sources revealed the public security sector has referred about 1,000 Kuwaitis and expatriates of both sexes to the General Department for Drugs Control (GDDC) during the first eight months of 2019 – some on suspicion of drug abuse and others for possession various types of drugs and psychotropic substances.
The same sources revealed heavy deployment of public security patrols in the six governorates has contributed significantly in controlling the situation which has resulted in the arrest of many drug dealers.
The sources pointed out although four people are arrested on a daily basis and referred to the Prosecution, the situation looks disturbing and dangerous, since it is evident that the use of narcotics has become widespread in the country.
The sources pointed out that despite the large seizures and tireless efforts exerted by detectives and the General Administration of Customs to stop smuggling of narcotics, the arrest of many smugglers and traders and the increasing availability of narcotics give rise to beliefs that some narcotics are manufactured inside the country.
The ‘gorgeous’ thief: Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have closed the curtain on the thefts committed by a gorgeous Jordanian woman over two years, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to the security sources the woman used her beauty to lure passersby and then rob them. The daily added, she would seek the help of passersby to help her carry her things saying she was unable to carry. The woman would then take the man to a lonely place, around the corner of a building and cling to him and seduce him and ‘rob’ him of his money or belongings and then do the disappearing trick.
A security source told the daily many men did not submit a complaint to the police for fear of being involved with a mysterious woman, debauchery and immorality.
The daily added, the woman used the same modus operandi to rob her victims. However, some of whom took the courage to complain gave different descriptions of the woman, because she changed her features with makeup.
Police then began looking for the woman and identified all the sites targeted by woman, and put the areas under surveillance.
After the woman was arrested she was identified by the victims during a police lineup.
Police have concluded that the woman was buying jewelry with all the stolen money and seized from her some receipts of gold ornaments purchases.
Truckers hurt in mishap: Traffic was brought to a standstill for more than three hours when two heavy duty trucks collided and toppled on Jahra Motorway opposite Jaber AlAhmad area resulting in severe injuries to the drivers.
The Operations Room of the Ministry of Interior received information about the incident and dispatched a team of rescue men to the scene to deal with the situation. The injured motorists were removed from their vehicles and referred to Jahra hospital for treatment, while security operatives and firefighters removed the wreckage from the road and traffic was restored.