KUWAIT: A Jordanian man was placed on the wanted list after a jewelry company discovered he sold gold worth KD 10,000 and disappeared with the money. A security source said an Egyptian lawyer lodged a complaint at Nugra police station on behalf of the company, accusing the Jordanian expat of selling 717 gm of gold and fleeing with the cash. Separately, an Egyptian man told police a female citizen rented a car at the end of March and did not return it. She also did not pay the rental fees. A case was filed for investigations.

Involuntary manslaughter

A Syrian worker was charged with involuntary manslaughter after metal pipes fell on the head of a Pakistani man in a house under construction that caused his death. Paramedics rushed to the site in Shamiya and found the victim had died. The Syrian was charged with involuntary manslaughter until forensics personnel determine the exact cause of death.

Trespassing

"I was thirsty and thought they were water pipes," is what an ex-convict, who was released recently from prison, told police after being arrested in an off-limits oil area with a gas cylinder, lighter and screwdriver. He was taken for interrogation. Thermographic cameras detected someone in the restricted area, and security officers located and arrested him. The suspect is a citizen who was jailed at an earlier time for theft and arson.

Fugitive caught

A wanted citizen was arrested after he was stopped at a late hour in Rabiya. He was found wanted to serve a nine-year jail sentence for two cases of trading in liquor. He will be sent to concerned authorities.

Drug possession

Farwaniya police patrols arrested a bedoon (stateless) man red-handed using drugs. He also had hashish and illicit pills on him. The patrol officers were in Firdous when they spotted a car and ordered the driver to pull over. The man appeared to be in an abnormal condition, so he was searched and the drugs were found.  He was sent to the Drugs Control General Department.

Negligence

A citizen accused his neighbor of negligence in caring for two dogs that attacked him. The citizen told Mina Abdullah police that he was in his father's chalet and went out to exercise, when his neighbor's dogs attacked and frightened him. Police summoned the neighbor for questioning. - Translated from the Arabic press