KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Egyptian taxi driver following a week of diligent investigations who used to assist domestic helpers to escape from their employers and have them work on hourly basis in exchange of money. Detectives received several complaints from citizens about helpers escaping from their homes.
A task force was formed and kept the areas under surveillance. The driver was arrested while helping a worker escape from Abu Fateera area house. The suspect told detectives that he was carrying out his criminal activity for a while and informed detectives about a flat in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh in which he houses the escaped helpers.
Three domestic laborers were found in the flat. Meanwhile, in a separate case, residency detectives arrest an Asian woman for running a domestic help office in Farwaniya governorate where she was employing helpers who escaped from their employers. Seven women were found there.
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