KUWAIT: Three drug users told police upon their arrest that they abused shabu (methamphetamine) because it is an effective treatment for depression, but they were sent to the Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) anyway. Police noticed a car parked in a dark area with the three persons inside. The suspects were arrested after police found a bag containing shabu with them. They were arrested and charged with possession of drugs for personal use.

Smuggling foiled

Shuwaikh customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 4,000 imported liquor bottles and paan found inside an abandoned container. The container arrived from a Gulf country three months ago and no one claimed it, so officers opened it, removed computer sets from it, and found the liquor and paan. A search is underway to find out the owner.

Forged banknotes

Two citizens were placed under arrest after they were caught in Surra in an abnormal condition with forged KD 10 and KD 5 banknotes on them. Police found one of them is an ex-convict in drugs cases. The two suspects and the forged currency were sent to the forgery department to find how the notes were forged and why. They will be later be sent to the Drugs Control General Department.

Physical assault

A man beat a car mechanic in Naayem scrap area and broke his nose, because the used car spare parts he bought were not working. The Indian mechanic went to hospital then to the police and lodged a complaint. He told police that he did not know if the sold spare parts worked or not. He gave police the license plate number of the citizen's car. Detectives are handling the case.

Charges dropped

An Egyptian butcher dropped theft charges after he discovered the thief was the son of his Syrian neighbor. The Syrian man had noticed a strange wallet in his son's room, and when he opened it, he found out that the civil ID belonged to the butcher. He also found KD 264 in the wallet. His son denied any wrongdoing at first, then said he had opened a drawer and removed the wallet. The thief was admonished by his father, who returned the wallet to the butcher and apologized to him. He asked him to punish his son in any way he wanted, but the Egyptian refused to punish him and dropped the charges.

Taking advantage

An Iraqi and Jordanian along with a female citizen confessed to police that they use drugs together, but they had differences on how to get it. The citizen said the expats took advantage of her need for drugs, so they gave it to her in exchange of her selling it to addicts. Ahmadi police stopped the three in a car for being in an abnormal condition, and found what seemed to be a herbal material with the Jordanian. The woman gave police two bags containing white material and herbs, besides drugs paraphernalia, and said it belongs to the two, who give her drugs in exchange for selling them to other addicts. When the two were questioned, they said the woman is the one who supplies them and they only use it with her. The three were taken to the Drugs Control General Department. - Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Rai