KUWAIT: The electronic crimes department arrested a Gulf blackmailer who made victims believe he was a girl and lured more than 150 men. He made phone recordings and got compromising photos of them. He then revealed the truth and asked victims to pay up or be exposed. Although the suspect confessed to trapping more than 150 persons, only 30 came forward and complained, including married men and adolescents. The suspect appeared at the public prosecution and was ordered remanded in jail.
'Inebriated' campers fight
An argument over a card game ended up in a fight that required police's intervention to break it up. The incident took place in a Subbiya camp where a fight was reported between two Kuwaitis. Police broke up the fight and discovered that the two men were in an abnormal condition. Both were taken to the police station, where they were remanded pending further legal procedures.
- Translated by Kuwait Times from the Arabic press