KUWAIT: Police arrested the following while begging in various residential and commercial areas.

Beggars arrested

* Iman Yahya Ersan Al-Zulaikhat (Jordanian) - Family visa sponsored by Yahya Habis Kareem.

* Majida Yahya Habis (Jordanian) - Family visa, sponsored by her father Yahya Habis Kareem. They were arrested while begging in Shuwaikh.

* Shah Murad Mousa (Pakistani - working in a farm) - Visa sponsored by Mohammad Hamyan Nafel Al-Arada. He was arrested near Yarmuk coop.

* Thajliya Mislem Khalaf (Bedoon). She was arrested in Sabah Al-Nasser area and had KD 27 on her.

* Hamda Ouda Hazzaa (Bedoon). She had KD 102 with her.

* Yasmeen Hassan Ibrahim (Lebanese) - She was sponsored by Hassan Anwar Ibrahim. She was begging in old Salmiya area market. She had KD 33 with her.

* Yanthaya (Indian) - She was begging in front of Al Khurainej mosque and her visa was sponsored by Hanan Abdelhussein Karam.

* Hiwata Natriji Lilian (Sri Lankan) - She was arrested while begging in Jlaib Al-Shuyoukh malls.

* Nuaimat Faisal (Jordanian) - Arrested while begging with KD 35 in her possession.

* Najah Nour-eddein Al-Sayed Abdallah (Egyptian) - Sponsored by Jaber Farghaly Suleiman Ramadan, with her children Alhassan Jaber, Alhussein Jaber and Mustafa Jaber. They were caught begging in front of Al-Tarkeet mosque in Khaldiya.

Some of the suspects have been deported. Juveniles were sent to juveniles care.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun