B’deshi caught with 3 kilos heroin for jailed Pakistani
EX-MP Harbash son insults voters on Twitter
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 2: Ateam of anti-narcotics officers, led by acting Director General of the Drug Control General Department (DCGD) Brigadier Salah AlGhannam, has foiled the attempt by a Bangladeshi taxi driver to sell three kilograms of heroin on behalf of a Pakistani who has been imprisoned at the Central Jail for oneand-a-half year for his involvement in a drug related case.
Acting on a tip-off, AlGhannam formed a team of anti-narcotics officers who put the suspect under surveillance. This led to the discovery that the suspect has been using his work as a taxi driver as cover for his drug peddling activities and he used the vehicle to deliver drugs to the houses of his ‘customers’.
The team sent an agent to purchase three grams of heroin for KD 150 from the suspect who was arrested immediately after completion of the bogus transaction. During preliminary interrogation, he admitted to selling drugs on behalf of a Pakistani prisoner at the Central Jail. He then guided the officers to his apartment in Mahboula where the rest of the drugs were uncovered. However, he denied knowing the supplier of the drugs as he merely agreed to sell them.
A case was registered and the suspect was referred to the concerned security department for prosecution.
Agencies add: Voters insulted: Abdullah Al-Harbash, the son of former MP Jama’an Al-Harbash, humiliated the participants of Saturday’s parliamentary elections on his Twitter page, saying the schools where voting was taking place have become dumpsters embracing all kinds of traitors (voters) in the country, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
Abdullah had later apologized for his tweet, although many twitters have refused his apology.
Meanwhile, a drunken man was arrested for disturbing women secretaries of the parliamentary candidates from second constituency, reports Al-Rai daily.
The man was high on alcohol and kept harassing and flirting with the female secretaries, and policemen were deployed to the location after the Operations Department of the Interior Ministry had been notified of the episode. He was referred to Salmiya police station. Asian nabbed: An Asian man was nabbed by securitymen of Ahmadi for selling marijuana in Wafra, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Officers on routine duty around Wafra farms area noticed a gathering of Asians beside the cooperative society and many of them ran away as the patrol car approached. However, the officers were able to grab one Bangladeshi expatriate with a quantity of marijuana in his possession and he admitted selling the contraband to the guards of various farms. Drugs and gun: Security operatives apprehended a GCC national for the possession of narcotic pills, a firearm (pistol) and bullets, reports Al-Rai daily.
Sources said patrolmen from Jahra intercepted the GCC national as they noticed he was driving in the opposite direction of the road. The officers discovered the suspect was wanted for financial crimes after checking his data and seized the contraband following an intensive search inside his car. He was referred to the Criminal Investigation Department. Duo arrested: A Kuwaiti and a Saudi Arabian national were arrested by police for drug possession, reports Al-Rai daily.
Sources said officers on routine patrol in Sulaibikhat area booked the citizen for reckless driving and seized half kilogram of hashish and other tools for doing drugs from their car, and they both appeared to be under the influence of drugs. The Ministry of Interior on Sunday inaugurated the Fifth Specialized Training Course on Weapons of Mass Destruction for civil defense officers in the GCC countries. Participants in the training program, which will end on Dec 13, include officers from the military, police, National Guard and customs in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Acting
Director General for Civil Defense Brigadier Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah attended the opening ceremony.