KUWAIT: Shuwaikh Port customs inspectors managed to seize approximately 2,183 bottles of alcohol, hidden in a large generator arriving from one of the Gulf countries through Port Customs.

“A large electric generator coming from one of the Gulf countries arrived at Shuwaikh Port Customs, but the customs inspectors of the northern ports and Failaka Island - Inspection and Deposit Control had doubts about that electric generator,” Kuwait customs announced.

They added that the Shuwaikh port customs referred it to the radiation detection device, which showed a difference in densities inside the generator. “Accordingly it was opened with the support of the General Fire Force, and approximately 2,183 bottles of alcohol were found hidden inside. The accused was arrested and handed over to the competent authorities,” the officials said.

The Deputy Director General for Customs, Ports Affairs, Osama Al-Shami, and the Director of Customs of the Northern Ports and Failaka Island, Saleh Al-Harbi, thanked the customs men for their tireless efforts in addressing all smuggling operations of contraband, whatever their form or type. They also thanked the ministry of interior and the Kuwait Fire Force for their keenness and rapid response to the call.