Kuwait’s General Department for Drug Control in the Criminal Security Sector arrested three suspects across three separate cases on suspicion of possessing narcotics and psychotropic substances with intent to traffic.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The Interior Ministry announced the arrests in a statement on Tuesday evening as part of its ongoing drug enforcement operations.[8] In one of the cases, the General Department of Rescue Police detained a suspect and transferred him to drug-control officers.[1][2][4][5][6][7] Follow-up investigations led officers to search that suspect’s residence, where they discovered an additional quantity of narcotics and a sensitive scale.[1][2][4][5][6] Authorities referred the three suspects and the seized items to the competent authority to take legal measures against them.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

The cannabis items seized during the operations consisted of 30 bottles containing hashish oil and one piece of hashish.[1][2][3][4][6][7] Alongside the cannabis, the operations yielded 3,001 grams of shabu, a synthetic stimulant that is not cannabis.[1][2][4] Officers also confiscated 24 sheets of paper soaked in ‘chemical’, three electronic cigarettes containing ‘chemical’ and four sensitive scales.[1][2][4]