Interior Ministry: 300,000 Captagon Tablets Seized Inside Truck Tire Worth Over Half a Million Dinars
The Ministry of Interior announced the seizure of 300,000 Captagon tablets hidden inside a truck tire, valued at half a million dinars.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Kuwait City, October 20 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday the seizure of 300,000 tablets of the narcotic substance Captagon, valued at more than half a million Kuwaiti dinars (approximately $1.623 million USD), hidden inside the spare tire of a truck, under the direct supervision of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad Youssef Al-Saud Al-Sabah.
In a press statement, the Ministry said that the General Directorate for Combating Narcotics, following search and investigative operations, apprehended a foreign-national truck driver in the Kabd area and discovered the narcotic tablets secretly concealed inside the spare tire using an insulating material to hide them.
It added that the General Fire Service was called upon to cut open the tire and extract the seized items, in the presence of the Head of the Criminal Security Sector, Brigadier General Fahad Al-Badr, the Director General of the General Directorate for Combating Narcotics, Brigadier General Mohammed Qabazard, and the Assistant Director General of the General Directorate for Combating Narcotics, Brigadier General Hamad Al-Sabah.
The statement clarified that the suspect admitted to bringing the tablets from one of the neighboring countries through a border crossing while entering the country on a transit visa aboard the truck he was driving.
It noted that coordination was carried out with the drug enforcement agency in the country from which the suspect originated, and that the suspect and the seized items were handed over to the competent authorities to take the necessary legal action against him.
The statement quoted Sheikh Fahad Al-Youssef emphasizing that security agencies are continuing to dismantle drug smuggling networks, confront all their methods, and pursue those involved without leniency, stressing that protecting society and its members from this scourge is a security priority, and that any attempts to introduce drugs into the country will be met with resolute measures. (End) A.J.R. / N.W.F
