KUWAIT CITY, July 30: The anti-narcotics officers solved the mystery of the case of a Lebanese doctor who was arrested with narcotics in his possession, and there was an attempt to deport him from the country due to disagreements with a Kuwaiti female doctor and an Iraqi nurse who work with him at a clinic, in cooperation with two police officers -- a citizen and a Bedoun. The Public Prosecution ordered their detention and the completion of investigations with them. According to a security source, the emergency patrols referred a Lebanese doctor with narcotics in his possession and he was handed over to the Drug Control General Department (DCGD) with a piece of hashish.

During the investigation at the department, it became clear that the case was ambiguous, especially since the doctor said he did not even smoke cigarettes. He was immediately examined in the drug laboratory and it was found that he had not taken any narcotics. The source added that the anti-narcotics officers summoned the patrol officers and subjected them to intensive investigations, where they revealed the details of the case. They confessed that they had ‘planted’ the narcotics in the doctor’s vehicle and then stopped him, so that they could deport him at the instigation of a Kuwaiti doctor who works with him at a clinic, as well as an Iraqi nurse, a citizen and a Bedoun.

The source pointed out that the anti-narcotics officers immediately began arresting all the accused, unraveling the case and referring all those arrested to the Public Prosecution. Regarding the immediate deportation of expatriates or other Gulf citizens who use narcotics, the source confirmed this procedure is subject to intensive investigations and inquiries, indicating the person himself is booked and then the procedure is carried out. He explained that the anti-narcotics officers are up to the responsibility of not wronging anyone and that the law applies to everyone. The case was supervised by Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs Major General Hamed Al-Dawas, DCGD Director General Brigadier General Mohammed Qabazard and several competent officers. This resulted in the release of the Lebanese doctor. In this regard, the Public Prosecution said in a statement on ‘X’ platform that it ordered the detention of a female citizen, a male citizen and four expatriates on charges of arresting another resident and detaining him under circumstances not permitted by law, kidnapping him, possessing narcotic and psychotropic substances, and forging an official document.

By Munif Naif, Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff