Kuwait’s drug-control officers detained four expatriates in three cases involving 650 grams of cannabis.[1][2][3]

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said its General Department for Drug Control detained four expatriates in three separate cases on suspicion of drug-trafficking activity.[3] The department referred the four with the seized items to the Public Prosecution to complete the legal procedures.[3] Kuwait’s Al-Anbaa newspaper confirmed the referral in a report published on Thursday 29 October 2026.[3]

The ministry’s security statement of Tuesday 27 October 2026 listed 650 grams of marijuana among the seizures from the three cases.[3] Officers also seized 200 capsules of the psychoactive substance known as Lyrica and three precision scales.[3] The seized items were preserved as evidence and sent to the competent authorities for investigation of the incidents.[3]

A security records check found prior arrest orders against two of the detainees alongside two absence reports concerning them.[3] The detentions occurred in three separate cases rather than one joint case involving all four people.[3] No final court judgment had been issued against any of the four at the time of reporting.[3] Responsibility for determining charges and penalties remains with the judiciary based on investigations and evidence presented during litigation.[3]