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2 held with drugs

Officers from the Directorate General for Drug Control apprehended two Iranians in possession of 1.250 kilos of illicit drug after raiding their flat at an unspecified location. This follows the recent arrest of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Bedoun who were prevented from distributing 4 kilos of raw opium.
The two Iranians have since been charged with the possession of drugs for trading and consumption purposes.

500 fils fight

Two cleaning company workers who were fighting over half a dinar have been arrested by police, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to security sources a Kuwaiti motorist gave one of the men 500 fils to be shared by both men. However, one of them claimed the money was given to him and refused to share.

AKuwaiti woman blackmails men with their nude pictures

An unidentified young Kuwaiti woman is being interrogated for involvement in blackmailing public figures including some Members of Parliament and their immediate relatives, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting security sources.
According to reports the woman would lure her ‘victims’ to her apartment in Salmiya and then take their pictures when they were nude.

Security sources say police were tipped off about the dirty game played by the woman and most of them refused to file complaints against the woman for fear of getting involved in a scandal. Police acting on information allegedly set a trap for the woman and caught her red-handed.