Firefighters battle an apartment fire in the Khaitan area.

 KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Firefighters from Farwaniya and Subhan brigades successfully controlled a fire in an apartment building in the Khaitan area on Tuesday evening. The teams responded swiftly to the blaze and managed to contain it without any significant injuries reported.

KUWAIT CITY, May 14:  An investigator at the Hawally Police Station has ordered to placement an expatriate on the wanted list and imposed a travel ban, following a citizen’s complaint of being defrauded of KD 11,000. The decision was made after the complainant reported that the accused not only refused to return the money but also blocked all forms of communication.

According to a security source, the case has been classified as a “breach of trust.” The victim, a Kuwaiti citizen born in 1956, told police that he met the expatriate, born in 1974, who persuaded him to invest in what he claimed was a highly profitable auction business. The complainant stated, “I believed in him, especially when he claimed that the investment would double within a year. On February 9, I gave him KD 7,000 in cash and two Rolex watches valued at KD 4,000.”

However, the promised profits never materialized. “Weeks and months passed with no return on the investment. When I contacted him, he gave me a small sum of money and then disappeared, cutting off all communication and blocking my number,” the victim added. Authorities continue their investigation, while steps are being taken to prevent the accused from leaving the country.

KUWAIT CITY, May 13:  The Criminal Security Sector has successfully closed a theft case with the arrest of a young Gulf national, who was positively identified by the victim during a legal line-up.

According to security sources, the victim, an expatriate born in 1982, filed a report at the Hawally Police Station stating that he had recently received an iPhone through a telecom company contract. After deciding he no longer needed the device, he listed it for sale on social media. “Two days later, a man contacted me expressing interest in buying the phone. We agreed on a price, and I sent him my home location,” the victim reported. “He came to the basement of my building, asked to inspect the phone and see my civil ID, and then suddenly disappeared with both my smartphone and wallet.” The victim noted that the stolen wallet contained KD 1,860.

Following the report, detectives traced the phone number used by the suspect and set up a sting operation. The suspect, a Gulf national, was arrested outside his residence in Jahra Governorate. Confronted with evidence, including surveillance footage of the incident, he confessed to the crime. He claimed to have resold the stolen iPhone to a store in the Capital Governorate and admitted to spending the stolen cash.