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Security Personnel Arrested While Attempting to Flee Despite Travel Ban

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27/09/2024

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27/09/2024

Security Personnel Arrested While Attempting to Flee Despite Travel Ban

KUWAIT CITY, Sep 27: A Gulf security personnel was recently detained at Salmi police station after attempting to leave the country illegally. He is now awaiting referral to the Public Prosecution. The security personnel, who works for the Ministry of Interior, was also referred to the Criminal Department on suspicion of being in an abnormal state.

According to a security source, officers at the last checkpoint in Salmi Port apprehended the security personnel just before he managed to exit the country. It was discovered that he had passed customs and passport checkpoints despite having a travel ban imposed against him.

In the initial investigation, the security personnel admitted that he was trying to flee to his home country due to legal cases filed against him. The source also mentioned that authorities are investigating how the security personnel cleared the customs and passport checks, particularly whether someone facilitated his illegal departure by stamping his passport.