Jahra robbery gang in police custody

Man storms girls school, beauty salon

KUWAIT: Jahra police arrested five people, who admitted responsibility for the multiple home robberies and thefts reported at police stations around the governorates. Police obtained surveillance tapes from a company that had reported the theft of a safe containing KD500. Through those tapes, the officers were able to identify the main suspect. The man was arrested in an ambush in Riggai being identified as a Syrian fugitive who had received a five-year jail sentence for previous crimes. After the arrest, he revealed the identity of his accomplices - two Syrian nationals and two stateless residents - who were then arrested in separate operations in Jahra and Salmiya. Investigations revealed that all the gang members had criminal records and were wanted in connection with various cases. The group led the police to a location in Salmi desert where they had kept the items they had stolen from companies, houses and pedestrians.

Drunk officer held

Three people, including a police officer, were arrested recently for intoxication and possession of what was suspected to be an illegal drug. The arrest took place in Al-Khairan, where the special task force officers and two others were reportedly found by the patrol police to be under the influence of alcohol. A substance found in their possession was sent for testing, according to the police report. The detainees were referred to the Drug Control General Department for further action.

Suicide averted

Hawally police managed to talk a domestic worker out of her suicide plans, in a recently reported case in the area. Officers rushed to a house whose residents reported that their housemaid was suffering a nervous breakdown and threatening to kill herself with a kitchen knife. They succeeded in negotiating with the woman and talked her out of her suicide plans, after which she was taken to the area’s police station where a case was filed for further investigation.

Man storms school

A man was arrested for breaking into a beauty salon and a girls school on Tuesday. The stateless person was reportedly arrested at the Jahra salon, where he caused panic after forcing himself inside with a dog in hand. Police later revealed that the same man was reported to have entered a girls school in the area earlier on the same day. The school’s principal had opted not to press charges against the man after he claimed that he was seeking protection against a person who was following him. The man remains in custody for further investigations.