KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Arab man red-handed while trying to bribe a detective. The suspect offered an employee at the department money in order to release a detained Asian man - he was then arrested during the exchange.

Campaigns

Security departments in Kuwait's various governorates carried out several campaigns resulting in the arrest of 531 wanted people and 905 residency violators, in addition to dealing with 114 drugs and liquor cases.

'Villain'

A thief turned on the cooking gas after he failed to find anything to steal. A citizen told police that when he returned home, he found his house's contents scattered around, while the smell of cooking gas was very strong. When he went to the kitchen, he discovered that the thief had cut the hose of the gas cylinder after seemingly failing to steal anything. "A policeman remarked: "This is not a thief - he is a villain."

KD 180,000 stolen

A local bank accused a citizen of stealing KD 180,000, according to a complaint at Jleeb police station. A source said the citizen went to cash a KD 180 cheque, but the employee handed him 180,000. The bank manager later noticed a deficit of this amount and discovered what happened. The citizen was called but he refused to return the money and claimed it was his money.

Cocaine

A citizen resisted arrest, only to be brought under control by police, who found cocaine on him. He is an ex-convict in previous drugs cases and wanted on other cases.

KD 40,000 debt

A female citizen failed to escape from police after a chase, and was found wanted over a KD 40,000 debt. Police, on a patrol in Salmiya, asked the woman to stop, but she sped off, so she was cornered, arrested and found wanted.

Drug possession

Two citizens were sent to the Drugs Control General Department charged with possession of drugs. The two were arrested following an attempt to escape, one of them by foot. A source said police stopped the suspects' car at a checkpoint in Salwa, and one of them refused to give police his ID and attempted to escape with a bag. He took out some substances out of it, besides swallowing tablets and throwing an envelope suspected of containing cocaine. He was also found wanted by authorities. The second suspect was in an abnormal condition. The vehicle was impounded.

Multiple charges

Police at a checkpoint in Abdullah Al-Mubarak noticed drugs paraphernalia in a car that police stopped with three men inside. The car was searched and a detectives' flashing light, a wireless, seven mobile phones, and several wallets containing IDs that do not belong to the persons in the vehicle were found. One of the men was found wanted over a KD 1,278 debt. All were arrested on charges of having drugs paraphernalia, posing as detectives, debts and suspicion of robberies.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun and agencies