‘Wasta’ cause of 10 pc rise in crime this year – report
Students carry knives, sharp objects: official
MEW cables stolen: Police are looking for thieves who stole cables estimated at KD 180,000 from a Ministry of Electricity and Water project at Jaber Al-Ali area.
Contractor of the project told security operatives that unknown persons stole cables from the site. Criminal Evidences rushed to the scene, lifted fingerprints and registered a case for investigation to trail the suspects. Caught red-handed: Two Indian guards working at a project in Abdullah Port assaulted an Asian expatriate who was caught stealing cable from the site.
Apparently, one of the guards saw the Asian while he was making an effort to steal cable from the site late at night and alerted his partner. They managed to catch him after he tried in vain to escape.
Later, director of the project was told about the incident and he informed the operations Room. Officers were deployed to the scene without delay and the suspect was taken to the concerned authority.
Agencies add: 10 pc rise in crimes: Statistics issued by the Interior Ministry show the crime rate this year shot up by 10%. Statistics attributed mediation (wasta) to the rise of crimes and said it plays an essential part for those who violate the laws, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Statistics also showed one crime is committed every minute. The statistics said 15,000 crimes were recorded in 9 months.
Meanwhile, an official in the education sector, who refused to give his name said school students carry with them knives and other sharp objects.
According to psychology professors at the Kuwait University, combating crime is not the responsibility of one particular authority in the country. In some or the other way the family should bear the responsibility and various other organizations in the community. Relative betrays trust: A Kuwaiti woman has filed a complaint with the Farwaniya Police Station accusing her Iraqi relative of betrayal of trust, reports Al-Anba daily.
The complainant said she gave the man 10 million Iraqi dinars to hand over the money to her family in Iraq but the man is said to have kept the money for himself.
The complainant said she attempted several times to call the relative after he arrived in Kuwait, but found the mobile phone switched off. ‘Let stranded bedoun in’: Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud has reportedly instructed the officers at the Salmi border post to allow a young bedoun to KUWAIT CITY, Dec 24: An elderly Kuwaiti citizen shot and severely injured his brother at a camp in Kabad area.
A family member is said to have referred the injured person to AlFarwaniya Hospital and was admitted to Intensive Care, but declined to register a case against one of his kin.
Securitymen rushed to the hospital after the doctors discovered the patient had been shot with a pistol by his brother who is a drug addict trafficking in liquor and narcotics.
Initial investigation revealed the victim was shot due to an argument with his brother over the proceeds of drug trade. A case was registered for investigation. A GCC expatriate died while three individuals including two Kuwaiti citizens sustained injuries due to traffic accidents that occurred throughout the country on Monday.
According to details, a GCC expatriate died when his vehicle toppled on Salmi Road. When the Operations Room of Ministry of