KUWAIT CITY: Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department have arrested a 50-year-old Kuwaiti for selling ‘smuggled’ antiques, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily quoting security sources police acting on a tip-off sent an agent to buy a piece of antique from the suspect for KD 35,000 and caught him in the act.
During interrogation the man admitted to smuggling the antiques into the country via the sea. He also claimed he bought the antiques from an African nation.