Interior Ministry: 5 Illegal Commercial Activities and 15 Violating Workers Seized in Farwaniya

The Ministry of Interior stated that the Directorate of Security Affairs sector, in coordination with the Committee on Negative Phenomena and relevant government entities, conducted inspection campaigns at several sites in the Farwaniya Governorate, as part of ongoing security efforts to monitor violations and negative phenomena and take legal action against violators.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Interior clarified that the campaign resulted in:

- Detention of 15 workers violating Article 20 for engaging in commercial activities inside a private residential home.

- Detention of 4 grocery stores operating commercially within private residential areas.

- Detention of a tailor shop conducting commercial activities in violation of the law.

- Identification of several sites being used as housing for single individuals.

- Discovery of expired food items unfit for human consumption, including frozen meat and fish, and tobacco products.

The statement added that the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition issued reports and violations related to food items and destroyed those unfit for consumption, while the Kuwait Municipality issued reports, warnings, and recorded violations. The Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy took necessary measures to cut off electricity supply to the violating sites.

Furthermore, appropriate legal actions were taken against the violators, and procedures for deportating illegal workers were completed in accordance with established protocols.