Kuwait
KIPCO planning $5bn real estate project
KUWAIT: Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), the country’s largest private sector investment firm, is planning a $5 billion real estate scheme...
Kuwait Customs foils attempt to smuggle 2kg marijuana
KUWAIT: Customs officers at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah airport foiled a Sri Lankan man’s attempt to smuggle two kilograms of marijuana...
Kuwait’s DGCA seizes 2kg meth
KUWAIT CITY: Officers from the Drugs Control General Department (DGCA) learned about the activities of an ex-convict who resumed his...
Kuwait authorities nab 5 for smuggling fugitives through airport
KUWAIT: The mere coincidence of spotting a wanted female citizen touring Europe as a tourist was recently behind discovering a...
Kuwait discovers large quantities of crude oil
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has discovered large quantities of crude oil in several strategic areas that could potentially increase the country’s...
Kuwait Customs foils attempt to smuggle whisky bottles
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait customs officers at the Al-Nuwaiseeb border post have arrested a young Kuwaiti for attempting to smuggle whisky...
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways reports 36% growth in flown passengers in July
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways yesterday released its Operational Performance Report for the month of July 2015, which showed a 36% increase...
Kuwait police seize 42 bottles of smuggled liquor
KUWAIT CITY: Farwaniya police sent an Asian man to Drugs Control General Department for bootlegging. The arrest was made after...
Kuwait Customs nabs Indian with gold
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airport customs kept an Indian from traveling and sent him to Shuwaikh police station charged with attempting to...
Kuwait non-oil economy growth slows to 2.1% in 2014
KUWAIT CITY: Growth in Kuwait’s non-oil economy slowed to 2.1% in real terms in 2014, according to preliminary data recently...
Kuwait police arrest 3 drug smugglers
KUWAIT: Three citizens were sent to Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) for smuggling of drugs, while they will be questioned...
Kuwait police nab liquor smuggler
KUWAIT: An Indian man was arrested in Mangaf with 12 liquor bottles here the other day. The man confessed to...
Kuwait real estate sector’s sales drop 7.8% to KD 247 m in July
KUWAIT: Following a slight recovery in June, real estate sector’s sales continued to drop in July. The real estate market...
Kuwait Air Customs arrests woman for smuggling marijuana in jar
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait airport customs arrested an Asian woman who tried to smuggle marijuana stuffed in a jar of honey....
26 people charge for smuggling weapons
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has charged 26 people for smuggling weapons and for having “furtive contacts with Iran and Hezbollah”, state...
MoH inks MoU with KISR on renewable energy
KUWAIT: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on renewable energy was signed between the Health Ministry and Kuwait Institute for Scientific...
Kuwait Customs nabs Asian woman with marijuana
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait airport customs arrested an Asian woman who tried to smuggle marijuana stuffed in a jar of honey....
Smugglers use pigeons for drug smuggling
KUWAIT CITY: In an attempt to escape security and customs authorities, some drug dealers have started using a new method...
Kuwait trade surplus shrinks to KD 1.7 bn in Q1
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s trade surplus shrank further in 1Q15, as oil export revenues continued to tumble. The surplus fell to a...
Kuwait police nab Asian with drugs
KUWAIT CITY: Asian expatriate was arrested in Jleeb Shuyoukh area with some quantity of drugs and KD 542 cash believed...
