KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry shows two people arrested on cable theft charges.

KUWAIT: Jahra detectives stopped a truck loaded with a large quantity of cables, and asked for the driver's ID. The driver, an Egyptian man called Emad Barakat, told them the cables belong to an Iranian man, who told them they are his and he has papers proving it. Later, the Iranian denied knowledge of the cables, adding that the Egyptian man offered to sell them to him. The cables belong to the Ministry of Communications, and officials there said the cables were stolen from an Abdallah Port warehouse that belongs to a contracted company. Both suspects were sent to concerned authorities.

A firefighter participates in extinguishing a blaze reported in Salmiya.

Fire extinguished.

Firemen put out a fire that broke out in a building under construction in Salmiya before it spread. Salmiya fire center, backup and Qurain fire center responded, and on arrival, they found the fire was in wooden planks in the basement of a building. No injuries were reported.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun