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Al-Salmi and Amghara Crackdown Leads to 72 Arrests

From Arab Times · () English

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Kuwait’s Criminal Security Sector arrested 72 people during a campaign in Al-Salmi and Amghara.
  • The arrests included residency and labor violations, absconding reports, diesel theft, street vending violations and an outstanding drug-related warrant.
  • The Interior Ministry said similar campaigns will continue and detainees were referred for further legal action.

Kuwait’s Criminal Security Sector arrested 72 people in a security campaign targeting law violators and wanted individuals in the Al-Salmi scrap yard and Amghara areas.

The campaign, carried out by the Operations Department of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, recorded 43 violations of the residency provisions of Labor Law Article 18. Another 22 people were detained for violating Residency Law Article 20.

Authorities also arrested three people who had absconding reports filed against them, two people linked to two diesel theft cases and two street vendors accused of violating regulations. One citizen was arrested under an outstanding warrant in a drug-related case.

The authorities said they completed the necessary legal procedures before referring those detained to the competent bodies. The Ministry of Interior said security campaigns would continue in different areas to apprehend wanted people and violators and enforce Kuwait’s laws.

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