First Published Sep 9, 2022, 5:53 PM IST
Kuwait City: A woman who tried to smuggle drugs into Kuwait was arrested. Coast Guard officials arrested a woman who tried to smuggle drugs into the country by sea. The woman had crossed the sea border of Kuwait and was tracked by the radar system. The information regarding the nationality of the arrested woman has not been released.
Nine expatriates were arrested for engaging in prostitution
Contraceptive and Abortion Medicines in Supermarket; Authorities with action
Kuwait City: In Kuwait, action was taken once morest the supermarket that illegally sold contraceptive and abortion drugs. The sale of drugs without a license was noticed during an inspection conducted by the Kuwait Municipality and the Kuwait Ministry of Health officials in Hawalli Governorate the other day.
The authorities seized pills used for abortion and contraception from a supermarket in Baraya Salim. Officials said the establishment was issued a notice for selling medicines without a license and the supermarket was closed and sealed.
Expatriate arrested for performing cosmetic surgery without license
An expatriate was caught at the airport with drugs brought from the country hidden in his anus
Manama: The trial of the expatriate who was caught in Bahrain with drugs that he injected into his body has started in court. He brought 90 capsules containing crystal meth hidden in his rectum. He told officers he was offered money and work in exchange for delivering the drugs to Bahrain.
A 42-year-old man was arrested. There are reports that he is a native of Pakistan. Officials became suspicious following he appeared agitated at the airport. When the X-ray was done, it was found that something was hidden inside the body. He was then taken to Salmaniya Medical Complex. Here, he took out 600 grams of drugs from his body. It has a market value of 20,000 Bahraini dinars (over 42 lakh Indian rupees), court records show.
The accused denied the charge when he was produced at the Bahrain High Criminal Court yesterday. He told officers that another man in the country had forced him into the drug trade with offers of money and work. He was arrested when he landed at Bahrain International Airport with drugs hidden in his anus.
At the same time, the police officer who recorded the arrest told the court that he is a link in an international drug trafficking ring. A man from the country gave me drugs and instructed me to bring them to Bahrain. The accused told the officials that it was suggested that someone else would take them when they got here.
Last Updated Sep 9, 2022, 6:03 PM IST