KUWAIT: A citizen accused the administration of an elementary school of not supervising children after her nephew was bitten on his nose by another student. The administration initially attempted to convince the student's parents he had fallen on his face. She said that a complaint was lodged at Rumaithiya police station and investigations are ongoing.

Houbara bustards smuggled

Jahra police arrested two citizens, an Iraqi and an Iranian, with 24 houbara bustards smuggled in the country by sea, and they were on their way to sell them for KD 240. A security source said police patrols stopped two cars that were driving in sync, which raised suspicions. Police men searched the cars and found the birds. The smugglers and birds were sent to criminal detectives.

Egyptian dupes Kuwaiti

An Egyptian expat swindled a female citizen out of KD 5,200 in a car sale before disappearing. A security source said a citizen in her 50s told Fintas police that an Egyptian who volunteered to buy a car for her daughter took the money and told her to be ready to transfer the title the next morning. He then switched his phone off and disappeared. In another development, a Syrian wanted in a civil case failed to escape from a police checkpoint in Farwaniya. He was detained by police before being sent to the concerned authority. The suspect is wanted to pay back KD 50,000.