KUWAIT: An armed robbery at a money exchange in Mahboula was foiled when a female employee hit the alarms after she saw a masked man pointing a pistol at the employees asking for money. The suspect escaped before police arrived to the scene. Ahmadi detectives are working on the case.

Fight

Criminal detectives arrested five men and three women who were involved in a fight in which they used knives. Policemen were ordered to scene and were able to arrest all persons involved. The suspects started their fight inside an apartment before moving out to the street. A security source said three of the five men are uniformed; one a lieutenant at the National Guard, another is a detective and the third works for the Drugs Control General Department.

Drunk driving

A drunk driver was arrested after police stopped his car while he was driving recklessly. An imported liquor bottle was also found with the man, who was identified as a Ministry of Defense officer. Policemen took the man to the police station, and he became angry when as he was being moved to the holding cell and started shouting insults. This caused police to press charges of insulting a public employee while on duty against the man.

Suicide attempt

Farwaniya detectives saved a domestic helper's life after she ingested a large amount of detergents in an attempted suicide. The woman documented this attempt by filming herself drinking the poisonous material, while appearing to have a nervous breakdown. She was charged with attempted suicide.

Altercation

Salmiya detectives are looking for a person who had a fight with a TV announcer, then attempted to run him over with his car. The fight started in front of a juice store owned by the announcer when a person drove in the wrong way. When the announcer asked him to drive properly in order to allow customers to pass by, the driver became angry and insulted him. The driver then got out of his car, pulled a knife and threatened the announcer, before driving off. The announcer lodged a complaint and gave police the license plate number of the offender. - Translated from the Arabic press