KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested in a fake domestic help office yesterday.

KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested several expats running a bogus domestic help office in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh. Tips were received about the office, and when the information was confirmed, detectives to arrest the suspects. Five Ethiopians, five Cameroonians, three Ghanaians and three Beninese were without IDs, while six were reported absconding by their sponsors. The arrestees confessed that they work on daily wages at homes, and engage in vice acts when they do not find work.

Fugitive busted

Interior Ministry Relations and Security Information Department said criminal detectives arrested a bedoon wanted to serve jail sentences totaling 13 years. Detectives located Zaidan Nuhayer and followed him for two days, then on Tuesday night, they went to arrest him. He attempted to escape through the roofs of neighboring homes, but he was arrested and sent to concerned authorities.

Department relocated

The Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Information Department announced yesterday that the Mubarak Al-Kabeer residency affairs department will move to a new building in Subhan today.

No injuries in fires

Firefighters dealt with a fire in a Sulaibiya house yesterday, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate's (KFSD) Public Relations and Information said. Sulaibikhat and Doha fire centers responded and found the fire was in the kitchen of the house. The fire was put out, and no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, fire broke out in a vehicle on Sixth Ring Road near Saad Al-Abdullah. Jahra occupational fire center responded and put out the fire. No injuries were reported.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun