KUWAIT: A Filipina expat told Sabah Al-Salem police that she was raped by a man. She said the suspect came to the domestic help office where she works, and agreed with the owner to take her to a house where his wife was supposed to be and paid the fees. She said he took her to a flat where no one else was and raped her. She said she was able to escape when the suspect went to sleep. Mistreatment and abuse of domestic helpers is common in Kuwait. There is also little to no oversight of domestic employment offices and in many cases, the foreign domestic helpers have no idea of who may be hiring them or what circumstances they will be thrown into when taken to their new places of employment.

Dead dolphin in Kuwait Bay

A sea environment patrol discovered the corpse of a dead dolphin in Kuwait Bay (east of Tabanat Um Al-Fahim). The dolphin weighed 70 kg and 160 cm long. It was handed to Kuwait Municipality for examination.

Drunk driver arrested

Policemen controlled a drunk man in Salmiya, after he attacked them when they wanted to place him in the patrol car, telling them "I am not the one who gets in patrol cars." He was placed in the detention cell despite several attempted mediations. The man was charged with drunkenness and insulting officers on duty. Policemen stopped the man for driving erratically and found him inebriated.

Men caught with captagon tablets

Security men in Jahra arrested a citizen and a Saudi national while under the influence of drugs. The men were found to be in possession of 41 Captagon tablets. Both were sent to Drugs Control General Department.

Car robbery faked

Criminal detectives discovered the lies of a citizen who attempted to relieve himself of a KD 36,500 debt, by claiming his car was broken into while parked at the Palace of Justice parking lot, and the money was stolen. Then later found out he was the one who broke the windows of the car to fake a robbery. Detectives charged the man with filing a false report and disturbing security authorities.

Citizen attacked by brother

A citizen from Qairawan area sought police help as his brother-in-law attacked him his house and beat him, threatening to kill him due to previous disputes. Detectives are investigating.

Murder attempt during drug raid

The Ahmadi prosecutor charged a citizen with attempted murder among other crimes. A security source said information received by the drugs control department regarding a citizen trading in drugs led to an undercover operation. Detectives attempted to lure the man to sell drugs but when this failed, they attempted to raid his house, and were surprised when he attacked an officer with an axe. The man was controlled and taken to Adan police station.

Fights lead to charges

Three persons including a Gulf national and a bedoon were sent to the public prosecution, over different charges. The Gulf national was charged with urging a woman to have vice acts and fighting, while his bedoon colleague was accused of fighting. Police received a call about a fight between a citizen and three security guards at the mall where they work. The citizen said he was walking behind his wife when he saw a guard harassing her, so a fight started then the guard's colleagues interfered and beat the citizen. - Al-Rai