KUWAIT: A drugs user stabbed a citizen over an old dispute when he ran into him in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh. The victim was taken to Farwaniya Hospital for treatment. Police also discovered that the suspect is wanted to serve four years in jail over a previous case.

Meanwhile, Mubarak al-Kabeer police arrested a citizen who was caught while being under the influence of drugs. Police had headed to the Sabhan Bridge following a report about a driver obstructing traffic. The man was found sleeping in his car while drugs were found inside the vehicle as well. The man was arrested and sent to the Drugs Control General Department.

In a separate case, a Vietnamese man resisted arrest when caught selling liquor along with a Bangladeshi taxi driver in Farwaniya. When policemen asked a taxi driver to pull over, both the driver and the man accompanying him attempted to escape on foot, but were caught. Police found bags containing homebrewed liquor inside the vehicle. Both suspects were sent to concerned authorities. - Translated by Kuwait Times from the Arabic press