KUWAIT CITY, June 22: A Kuwaiti citizen was recently arrested for receiving 1,554 cartons of liquor bottles which were smuggled into the country via a ship.
According to security sources, when the Directorate General for Drug Control received information from a source that a ship carrying a cargo of liquor bottles will arrive at Kuwait Port, a team was formed with the coordination of the General Customs Department for investigations.
At the port, they observed the unloading of two containers that they suspected contained the illicit cargo. They followed the vehicle as it transported the containers from the port to an area where a man received the goods. They immediately surrounded the suspect and checked the containers to find several cartons of liquor of different brands.
When they checked the details of the receiver, they discovered that he is a Kuwaiti citizen who was wanted by law for his involvement in several criminal cases.
He was arrested and referred to the concerned authorities along with the cartons of liquor for necessary legal action against him.

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