KUWAIT: Eight absconding Filipina maids were arrested in Hawally after a citizen reported seeing his absconding maid in Hawally, said security sources, noting that the suspects used to provide private nursing and day-to-day housemaid services. A case was filed and the suspects were referred to relevant authorities. Separately, residency affairs department detectives arrested 11 people in violation of residency laws in Jahra and Ardhiya industrial area, said security sources, noting that all those arrested were Asians.

Drunk woman caught

A British woman was arrested in Ahmadi for drinking, said security sources, noting that on stopping her, the woman was extremely drunk and had a plastic bottle with a yellowish liquid. A case was filed.

Drug dealer arrested

A citizen was arrested in Mubarak Al-Kabeer with half a kilogram of hashish divided into small bars. He was in the process of selling the drugs to an undercover agent for KD 900.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun