KUWAIT CITY, July 22:  The Court of Appeals, chaired by Judge Salah Al-Houti, upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court, which had acquitted an unidentified man of swindling a student by promising to secure admission on his behalf at a university in India.
Case files indicate the student paid the defendant to apply for admission at the university by using his connections through the general trading and contracting company he owns.
According to the defendant’s lawyer - Attorney Mohammad Al-Qattan, his client has presented documents to prove that he applied for admission on behalf of the student.  He argued all the accusations leveled against his client were baseless as the student failed to provide proof. 
The court acquitted the defendant after a thorough analysis of the pieces of evidence and arguments presented by both parties.

Manager in drug peddling: Personnel from the General Department for Drug Control have arrested an Egyptian manager of one of the largest companies for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
According to security sources although the manager earned KD 3,000 a month it did not befit his life style. It has been reported the man was driving a car worth KD 30,000 and the monthly rent of his luxurious villa was more than half his salary.
The daily added acting on information police put the suspect under surveillance and sent an undercover police agent to buy 250 grams of hashish from his home.
Police then raided his house and seized the drugs and a large number of narcotic pills.
The drugs and the suspect have been referred to the concerned authorities.