‘GTD eyes pulling licenses for 1 year of traffic law violators’
KFSD chief meets reps of ‘Shamel 2’ participants
The trailer lying on its side after it toppled injuring the Asian driver. KUWAIT CITY, Dec 19: General Traffic Department is considering imposing new sanctions on traffic violators, reports AlShahed daily.
Sources said the most prominent act is to withdraw for one year the license of any motorist who commits a breach; drives in a reckless manner or in the opposite direction of roads.
They added GTD is conducting a study to refer motorists who skip the red signal to court, and possibly impose punishments reaching imprisonment.
Strike
to
continue:
The strike embarked upon by workers at Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) disrupted six ships from docking at Shuwaikh Port, and 51 ships are stranded in the territorial waters, reports Al-Anba daily.
In this context, Chairman of the Union of Workers of KPA Abdullah Al-Sarheed said the strike continued Saturday with increased duration from four hours on Friday to six hours, and only two hours the day before.
Al-Sarheed said “We are waiting for the Director General of KPA Sheikh Yousef Al-Abdullah to make the initiative to communicate with the workers to settle their financial dues.” He added the strike will last 24 hours on Sunday.
3 referred to State security:
Rabiya policemen referred three Bahrainis to the State Security to determine if they belong to any extremist groups, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The three suspects were performing Friday prayer at a mosque when they stopped abruptly and tried to get out of the mosque in a suspicious manner, and their behavior raised doubts of the securitymen assigned to guard the mosque.
A security source said all three suspects became jittery when asked about the reason for stopping the prayer suddenly.
Rings with precious stones seized:
Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport arrested a Kuwaiti citizen returning from Thailand in possession of rings containing precious stones dating back to the middle ages, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The citizen said he purchased the rings but failed to submit any documents proving his ownership. He was referred to relevant authorities. Maj-Gen Al-Mekrad meeting the representatives of 12 authorities that participated in ‘
Shamel 2’ drill.
Acting Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) Major General Khalid Al-Mekrad met the representatives of 12 authorities that participated in the recently-concluded ‘Shamel 2’ drill on dealing with flood and heavy rainfall.
Al-Mekrad conveyed the greetings of State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and
Officers from the Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) arrested an Egyptian for trafficking in Tramadol.
Acting on instructions of Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs Major General Abdulhameed Al-Awadhi, the officers put
acting Minister of Electricity and Water Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdullah, as well as that of KFSD Director Lieutenant General Yusuf Al-Ansari to all the participants. This was followed by an open discussion on the positive and negative aspects of the drill, during which a number of recommendations were presented.