Couple nabbed in drug peddling:

News in Brief

Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department have arrested a Filipina and her Ghanaian boyfriend for trafficking in marijuana, reports Al-Rai daily.

A security source said the arrest came after someone tipped police about the activity of the couple. The police then put the man and the woman under surveillance for one week and caught them in Hawalli while selling drugs to a police agent. The police then raided the apartment of the suspects and confiscated 250 grams of marijuana.

The contraband and the suspects have been handed over to the General Department for Drugs Control.