KUWAIT CITY: An Asian expatriate was arrested attempting to smuggle 2.5 kg of heroin into Kuwait. Airport customs officers discovered the drugs inside the lining of the man’s suitcase. He was sent to Drugs Control General Department.
In another smuggling attempt, airport customs officers caught a citizen trying to bring in 10 bottles of alcohol. The woman, arriving from an Asian country, was caught when officers noticed during an X-ray of her luggage a large number of bottles. The cases were opened and the bottles examined and found to contain alcohol. She was sent for investigation.