News in Brief

Maid steals cash: A bedoun woman has filed a complaint with the Taima Police Station accusing her Ethiopian housemaid of stealing KD 10,800, reports Al-Rai daily.

During interrogation the maid is said to have denied the accusations.

Meanwhile, police are looking for two unidentified Pakistanis for ‘stealing’ 2 new cars from a car rental office, reports Al-Shahed daily. According to the company representative, the suspects hired the cars from the company and when they failed to return them or pay the rent charges, the company tried to get in touch with them and found their cell phones closed. Police hunt gunman: Police are looking for an unidentified armed man for breaking into the home of a Kuwaiti family in the suburb of Abdullah Al-Mubarak and threatening to shoot members of the family, reports Al-Shahed daily.

The daily added, the suspect escaped on foot before the arrival of police. Sponsor robbed: Police are looking for an Asian maid for stealing KD 1,200 from the safe in her sponsor’s home, reports AlWatan Arabic daily.

The sponsor has filed a complaint with the Saad Al-Abdullah Police Station.

In his complaint the sponsor said the maid stole the money and escaped from the house while the family was visiting friends. ‘No locust swarms’: Director of Public Relations at the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, Shaker Mahmoud has denied information published on social networking websites about swarms of locusts being sighted in Salmi and Wafra, reports Al-Seyassah daily. Shaker said this information is incorrect and that no locusts have so far been sighted in Kuwait. Detained for beard: The Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry Lieutenant-General Suleiman Al-Fahd has ordered the detention of a police officer in the rank of Major for growing his beard without permission, reports Al-Rai daily quoting knowledgeable security sources.

The source said Al-Fahd has also warned a lieutenant-colonel for the same reason and has issued strict instructions that disciplinary action will be taken against those who violate the laws especially if they grow beards more than 1.5 centimeters long. Worker injured: Acting on information firemen rushed to the new under construction Central Bank of Kuwait in Sharq and put out fire, reports Al-Shahed daily.

According to eyewitness some floors of the building caught fire and quick response from firemen prevented the fire from spreading.

One worker who was injured has been admitted to a hospital. Firemen are investigating the cause of fire.