Policeman charged in possession of drugs

KUWAIT: Detectives from the General Department for Drug Control (GDDC) arrested a citizen in connection with trading in drugs. They were tipped off on the man’s activities. Detectives then obtained a warrant to arrest him. Upon searching him, they found a bar of hashish. They also raided his place of residence and recovered 500 drug tablets and half a kilogram of hashish and two grams of other drugs. He confessed to smuggling the drugs from a neighboring country. —Photo by Hanan Al-Saadoun

Kuwait: Police Najda Director General Brigadier Zuhair Al-Nasrallah ordered a policeman be sent to the Drugs Control Department charged with being in possession of drugs. From there he will be sent to the public prosecution to face the charge of insulting police officers while on duty and driving his car while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Policemen attacked
A security source said that two patrolmen asked for backup because a man attempted to attack them. Policemen eventually subdued the large man only to find out he was a policeman. The two patrolmen said they were surpised when the man knocked at their patrol window and told them to leave or “face a mysterious fate”. When both came out of the car he attacked them. forty illicit drugs tablets were found in his car.

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