(MENAFN- Arab Times) The Ministry of Interior has asked the Kuwait Municipality and other public authorities to speed up the work of installing high quality CCTV cameras in all government buildings working 24/7, reports Al- Qabas daily. The daily quoting sources noted the ministry will send a special team of experts to carry out a comprehensive survey of the buildings before taking a decision to install these cameras. Meanwhile, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior Lieutenant Suleiman Al-Fahd has stressed on the seriousness of running events in the region. He announced precautionary measures have been taken to protect Kuwait from any consequences.
Crime crackdown: In their continuing efforts to pursue individuals possessing unlicensed weapons and those involved in theft and illicit drugs, officers from the criminal security sector have arrested a Syrian expatriate against whom four years jail sentence was issued in absentia for liquor and drug related offenses, with a Jordanian national who's dodging a jail term. They were referred to concerned authorities for necessary action, says an Interior Ministry press release. Meanwhile, security officers from the Capital arrested a Kuwaiti citizen (former employee of the Interior Ministry) for possessing heroin. Security sources said the citizen aroused suspicion of a patrol team and he was asked to pull up for checking. It was then they discovered the Interior Ministry had ended his services due to illicit drug use and theft. The officers went ahead and conducted a search on him and found two small sachets of heroin. He was referred to concerned authority. In a related issue, officer from the Capital apprehended another citizen for holding an unlicensed weapon. They checked his details and found out he was avoiding three years imprisonment sentence on money related offenses, theft and abuse of securitymen. The suspect is believed to have waylaid Asian expatriates and threatened them at gun point to rob them of their possessions, including money. And, Hawalli securitymen nabbed a Kuwaiti lady for robbing her female compatriot at a cooperative society in the area. The suspect confessed to the crime and also admitted perpetrating similar thefts in commercial complexes and cooperative societies across the governorates. She was referred to concerned authorities for necessary action.
'Recording dialogue': Director of Department of Investigation in General Department for Traffic Brigadier Mohsen Al-Mekhyal has disclosed the traffic police will soon be provided with gadgets to record conversation between the securitymen and violators of laws, reports Al- Kuwaitiah daily. In an interview with the daily, he pointed out plans are underway to increase the vehicles insurance fees due to the nature of serious violations and traffic accidents. He stressed efforts have been exerted to deal with the traffic issues in a transparent and clear manner. Al-Mekhyal reiterated expatriate motorists who are caught carrying passengers in return for money face immediate deportation. He pointed the ministry will soon replace paper citations with e-citations. Meanwhile, he said about 20,618 vehicles and 393 motorcycles have been impounded and 15,537 driving licenses withdrawn over the past four months.
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