KUWAIT: Director General of the Drugs Control General Department Brig Bader Al-Ghadhouri sent a Filipina to the drugs prosecution for drug trafficking. A security source said information was received about the woman, so an undercover agent agreed to buy 10 grams of shabu from her.  She was arrested red-handed in Mahboula. Officers found 70 more grams of the drug in her house. The suspect said she is working for a central prison inmate.

Mugging

A Filipino told Abu Halifa police he was mugged at knifepoint in Mangaf, when two persons forced him into their car, took his bag which contained two mobile phones, a credit card and KD 150, and beat him. The Filipino escaped with one of the thief's mobile and gave police a medical report. A complaint was lodged at the orders of the prosecutor's deputy.

Forgery

A Sri Lankan woman told Sabahiya police that an unidentified person bought two cell phone plans but registered them with her name and received two smartphones. The complainant said the two lines were registered in a Sabahiya store. Meanwhile, a citizen told Rabiya police that an unidentified person withdrew KD 260 from her bank account, adding that her ATM was with her and she does not know how the money was stolen.

Theft

Criminal evidence men went to a stable in Jahra to check for evidence to identify a person a food company claimed stole equipment worth KD 60,000. The company representative said the equipment was kept in the stable and a citizen allegedly stole it.

Assault

Adan police are questioning a citizen and his Arab wife for beating his elderly mother, who gave police a medical report. The mother said she was visiting her son and an argument took place, so her son and his wife attacked and beat her. - Translated from the Arabic press