RIYADH: Customs officers at Al- Khafji border checkpoint in Saudi Arabia arrested a Kuwaiti citizen in possession of firearms and 25,000 bullets, reports Al-Shahed daily. According to sources, the citizen left Kuwait via Al-Nuwaiseeb border checkpoint and his vehicle was checked at Al-Khafji border checkpoint where the customs officers found the firearms and ammunition in a secret compartment inside the vehicle.
When questioned, he admitted that he was planning to sell the contraband to an individual in Saudi Arabia. The suspect was referred to the concerned authorities for necessary legal action against him. Meanwhile, in the framework of efforts exerted by the Ministry of the Interior to collect unlicensed weapons, ammunition and explosives during the national campaign, the Weapons Investigation Department has arrested a Kuwaiti working for the Ministry of Defence for selling unlicensed guns, says a press release issued by the department.
According to security sources police got a tip-off from an unidentified source that the man was selling unlicensed weapons, following which a team of securitymen was formed to raid the man’s house. However, when the securitymen searched his home, they came empty handed, but during intensive interrogation he broke down and led police to a livestock pen where he had hidden the contraband. Police have seized from the hideout an automatic rifle, a pistol, 3 magazines, 3 air guns and 9 bullets. The contraband and the suspect have been referred to the concerned authorities. In the meantime, a bag containing 185 ammunition rounds of a rifle was found in an open area in Kuwait City, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received a call about the strange object, securitymen rushed to the location and discovered that it is a bag containing ammunition. They referred the ammunition to the Weapons Investigations Department.
