Customs officers foil attempt to smuggle alcohol into Kuwait
Man arrested for planting marijuana in his house
An Arab man was arrested after he arrived at Shuaiba Port to collect a shipment containing alcoholic drinks. Criminal investigators at the Interior Ministry coordinated with the investigations division at the Customs General Department, after receiving information about an alcoholic drinks’ shipment arriving from a GCC country. An Arab representative was detained and sent for questioning after he came over to process the paperwork to receive the shipment; in which officers found cardboard boxes containing a total of 8,432 liquor bottles. The man said that he was collecting the shipment on behalf of a Georgian national who imported it. The man was also arrested and sent to the concerned authorities for further action.
Marijuana
An expat was arrested in Hawally for planting marijuana in his house and selling it. Security sources said the suspect told narcotics police that he imported the seedlings and planted them. Further investigations are in progress to find out whether the suspect has any accomplices.
Fire
A fire broke out on the roof of a house in Oyoun in Jahra, said security sources, noting that firemen rushed to the scene and found that the fire had started in a room used as store for perfumes. The fire was controlled and no casualties were reported.
Crackdown
Hawally municipality inspection teams conducted a widescale campaign on open yards outside mosques to clear them before Ramadan. Twenty cleaners, four trucks, a loader, a forklift and a lorry were used in the campaign that resulted in removing 10 abandoned vehicles, filing six road blockage citations and removing a truck and a half load of waste.