KUWAIT: Farwaniya police recently arrested eight women reported absconding by their employers. The eight include two Sri Lankan, two Filipina and four Ethiopian nationals. They were sent to the relevant authorities and are being held pending deportation.

In trouble

A bedoon (stateless) man got his Kuwaiti friend in trouble when he made him a partner in dealing with drugs, as both were arrested with shabu (methamphetamine), hashish joints, drug paraphernalia and a sword. The bedoon is wanted on a drugs case, while the citizen's record was clean.

-  Translated by Kuwait Times from the Arabic Press