Kuwait Times, Sunday, Dec 20, 2020 | Jamadi Al Awwal 5, 1442
Kuwait’s Interior Minister oversees unsealing of drug, weapon seizures
Kuwait:
Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah, accompanied by the
Ministry’s Undersecretary Lt Gen Esam Al-Naham, oversaw the unsealing of two
million pills of the narcotic Captagon, nine weapons and wine bottles, recently
seized by the security personnel. The contraband was hidden in an innovative way
inside a truck and brought to the country, the ministry’s security media and
public relations department said in a press statement on Thursday.
The seizure came within the efforts of joint cooperation and coordination
between the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior’s Drug Control General Department (DCGD)
and the Saudi Ministry of Interior’s General Directorate for Narcotics Control,
it added. In coordination with the two sides, investigations revealed that there
was an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon inside a truck in Wafra,
it noted.
After intensifying investigations, collecting information and obtaining a legal
permission from the Public Prosecution, the truck was monitored and seized while
moving from Al-Wafra to a camp in Sabah Al-Ahmad, it said, noting that a number
of suspects were arrested. Two million pills of Captagon, ammunition and
weapons, and alcoholic drinks were found in the truck, it stated. The accused
confessed that they brought these drugs into the country so as to smuggle them
to neighboring states, it said.
The seized drugs and weapons, along with the accused, were referred to
authorities to take required legal measures, it made clear. The statement quoted
the minister thanking personnel of DCGD for their sincere efforts in combating
decisively the attempts of smuggling drugs. Sheikh Thamer also expressed
gratitude to the Saudi Interior Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Abdulaziz
bin Saud bin Nayef, the statement said. Sheikh Thamer phoned his Saudi
counterpart, lauding cooperation and coordination with the security apparatuses
in the two countries, it said.