From transit country to drug consumer
Drug addicts major threat to security
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 24: Kuwait in the past was transit for drug trafficking, but the country in recent times has turned to be a major consumer, reports Al-Rai daily quoting Acting Director General of Drug Control General Department Brigadier Saleh Al-Ghannam as saying.
Brigadier Al-Ghannam disclosed the phenomenon is dangerous in view of drastic attacks registered with drug enter the country, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Earlier it was reported the bedoun was stranded in the no-man’s land because the officers refused to let him in since his Article 17 passport had expired.
However, the bedoun has been referred to the Criminal Investigation Department for customary interrogation. Man shoots son: In a very strange incident, an unidentified person is said to have shot his son in the thigh with a double barrel gun, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
The incident happened in Jleeb AlShuyoukh. When an unidentified person called the Operations Department of the Interior Ministry paramedics were sent to the area and the victim was rushed to the Farwaniya Hospital.
Police have arrested the father for interrogation. Shooting down expats: Police have arrested three Kuwaiti juveniles for shooting at expatriates with an air gun. The incident happened in Al- barons and high rate of addicts. He is of the view that the location of Kuwait at the corner of Arabian Gulf far north of the Gulf and its proximity to unstable countries such as Syria, Iraq and Iran, as well as drug producing countriesIran and Pakistan, is contributing to the recent attacks.
He declared the country is a target, so people are living in danger. He also Surra, reports Al-Rai daily.
The arrest came after six expatriates — one of them an Egyptian — called the Operations Department of the Interior Ministry. The Egyptian was shot in the hand and he saw the suspects hiding next to their house.
A police patrol seized the three juveniles and the gun and referred them to the authorities. Toy gun scares public: When someone called the Operations Department of the Ministry and complained about a man carrying a Kalashnikov rifle, police rushed to the spot and took the man into custody, reports Al-Shahed daily.
However, the weapon turned out to be a mere toy, normally used in a film industry. The man said he bought the ‘weapon’ from the United States.
The suspect was taken to the Salmiya Police Station and was released after he signed a pledge not to carry the toy in public. Gun in ‘ill’ man’s hand: Patients and visitors to the Psychiatric Hospital rushed to different directions looking for cover when a mentally retarded said anti-narcotics officers seized 12 kg of heroin, 400 kg of hashish, and 63 grams of avion, 83 grams of cocaine, in addition to 1.5 million narcotics pills in 2011.
He indicated the number increased from Jan to Sept 2012 in the sense that officers seized 18 kg of heroin, 600 kg of hashish, 1.5 kg of avion and 600,000 narcotic pills. man snatched a gun from a policeman and pointed at the people, reports AlRai daily.
Luckily the gun was not loaded. The daily gave no other details. Cars broken into: Police are looking for an unidentified person for breaking the rear glass of a vehicle belonging to a Kuwaiti man and stealing KD 1,700, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. The vehicle was parked in Nugra. Meanwhile, the Al-Rai daily reported police are looking for a thief who broke into the car of a cadet officer and stole cell phones and KD 50 cash. His car was parked in front of the Sa’ad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences.
Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department have lifted fingerprints to identify the two thieves. Meanwhile, police are looking for an unidentified person for breaking into two shops in Salhiya and stealing KD 680 from the cash machines, reports Al-Rai daily.
Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department have lifted the fingerprints to identify the culprits.