KUWAIT: Two traffic policemen were injured when a driver they had stopped for a citation for running a red light sped off, knocking them both over. The policemen were rushed to hospital and the runaway driver was chased and arrested.

Violations

The anti-corruption authority referred an undersecretary to the public prosecution over charges of committing various financial and administrative violations in some contracts.

Forgery

A retired marine colonel was arrested over charges of forging his citizenship documents, said security sources. Case papers indicate that citizenship detectives were recently tipped off concerning a Syrian who unlawfully got Kuwaiti citizenship when a citizen added him to his file along with 13 others in return for money. The man joined the navy and climbed up the chain of command to reach a colonel's rank before he retired. The man was arrested in his house and pled guilty as charged.

Corruption

A former senior criminal security commander is currently facing charges of pocketing KD 14,000 while arresting a suspect with a large alcohol shipment in November. Security sources said the suspect's brother lodged a complaint at the Interior Ministry's inspection department, accusing the commander of taking the sum during the bust, which was confirmed by other members of the raiding force. A case was filed and further investigations are in progress.

Gunshot wounds

A citizen in his twenties drove himself to Jahra hospital for treatment of injuries he sustained when three shots were fired at him by unidentified suspects.

Murder threat

A retired citizen in his fifties reported that his wife had threatened to kill him and the housemaid by waving a knife at them, said security sources, noting that the wife is being summoned for further investigations.

Theft prevented

A citizen reported that an unidentified robber climbed into his house in Daiya and tried to steal his bike, but was scared away by a watchdog. The man said on hearing the dog bark for a while, he checked the house yard but found nothing. On checking the CCTV cameras, he saw the suspect climb into the house before the dog saw him. - Translated from the Arabic press