Kuwait Criminalizes Chemical Drug 'Spice'
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SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 THULHIJJA 1, 1437 AH NO: 16982 Firemen put out Blast kills 10 as Serena, Murray fire in Shuaiba Duterte visits storm through sponge warehouse hometown on rainy day 2Kuwait 7criminalizes44 chemical drug ‘Spice’ Min 30º 150 Fils Move taken after extensive consultations Max 47º KUWAIT: Trading or dealing in the drug known as “Spice” has been classified as a criminal offense in Kuwait. Assistant under- secretary for legal affairs at the Ministry of Health Mahmoud Al- Abdulhadi told KUNA yesterday that the ministry’s senior offi- cials along with their counterparts at the Ministry of Interior held several intensive meetings, which ended by criminalizing the substance. Dr Abdulhadi said that Minister of Health Dr Ali Saad Al- Obaidi signed and issued the order two days earlier, and that it will be published in the official gazette next week. He added “the substances that are used by some of our youth have been categorized into six chemical groups, while the derivatives have reached 1,500 substances extracted from the drug”. Abdulhadi noted that these substances were legal in the past. However, “now their usage has been criminalized like other drugs such as cocaine, heroin, Captagon and pethidine”. — KUNA Uzbek president Karimov dead MOSCOW: Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov died yes- terday, the government announced, ending more than 25 years of his iron-fisted rule in the Central Asian nation with no clear successor lined up. “Dear compatriots, it is with huge grief in our hearts that we announce to you the death of our dear president,” a state TV presenter said, reading an official statement. Authorities said Karimov, 78, was pro- DUBAI: An autonomous 10-seater minibus is pictured during a trial run along Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard on nounced dead at 8:55 pm Thursday. — AFP local time (1555 GMT) fol- lowing days of speculation that authorities were delay- Dubai debuts driverless minibus ing the confirmation of his death after he reportedly DUBAI: Dubai has unveiled its first driverless bus service, suffered a stroke over the launching a month-long trial period for the electric vehicle weekend. with a view to expanding it across the futuristic Gulf city The strongman’s funeral state. The 10-seat vehicle made its first trip on Thursday will be held in his home city along a 700-m stretch of road in downtown Dubai, near to of Samarkand today as the Islam Karimov the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower. Developed joint- country begins three days ly by French group Easy Mile and Dubai-based Omnix, the of mourning, the statement said, with Uzbekistan now fac- minibus is powered by an electric motor and can hit ing its greatest period of uncertainty in its post-Soviet histo- speeds of 40 km per hour. ry. Loyalist Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev will head the But, thanks to cutting-edge guidance technology, its committee charged with organizing his funeral, suggesting developers say the bus can adapt its speed to the surround- that he could be in line to take over from Karimov. ing environment and even come to a complete halt if a pedestrian were to cross its path. It can be programmed to Karimov’s youngest daughter Lola wrote on Facebook that navigate between Dubai’s main tourist attractions, including “he has left us...I am struggling for words, I can’t believe it the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Mall, Dubai Opera and the Souk Al- myself”. Bahar shopping center, the emirate’s Road Transport Long condemned by rights groups for brutally crushing Authority (RTA) said in a statement. dissent, Karimov has ruled landlocked Uzbekistan since Thursday’s test run was “the first and very important stage before it gained independence from the Soviet Union in in our efforts to introduce this type of vehicle into Dubai’s 1991. Born on January 30, 1938, Karimov was raised in an transport network,” RTA official Ahmed Bahrozyan told AFP. orphanage in the ancient city of Samarkand, before study- Mattar Al-Tayer, the RTA’s director general, said it aimed to ing mechanical engineering and economics and rising up have a quarter of all Dubai transport automated by 2030. the ranks of the Communist Party to become head of Soviet Dubai is a leading tourist destination in the Gulf, attracting Dubai residents board the autonomous minibus during Uzbekistan in 1989. — AFP 14.2 million visitors in 2015. — AFP the trial run. LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 Firemen extinguish fire in Kuwait’s Al-Shuaiba district KUWAIT: Firemen put out a huge fire that erupted at Public Relations and Information Department said in a a 3,000-square-meter sponge warehouse in Western statement. The firemen arrived at the scene in three min- Al-Shuaiba district yesterday and took effective pre- utes and promptly worked on isolating the burning store cautions to prevent the blazes from spreading to a from nearby factories and plants including one that nearby plant for manufacturing combustible sub- manufactures flammable oils. The blazes were put out stances. quickly after securing the site. At noon, operations room of Kuwait Fire Service Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Directorate (KFSD) was informed about flare-up of the Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah arrived at KUWAIT: Minister of Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- huge fire at the sponge warehouse in Western Al- the scene to inquire about the losses and the firemen Mubarak Al-Sabah (right) and Director General of KFSD Lieutenant General Shuaiba, prompting the department to order prompt well-being. Several senior officers of the fire department Khaled Al-Mekrad watch over operations to extinguish the fire. — KUNA dispatch of several fire brigades to the scene, the KFSD quickly came to oversee the operation. — KUNA Officers, suspect Man sold mom’s jewelry Injured in raid By Hanan Al-Saadoun for drug money KUWAIT: A lieutenant colonel and two officers were KUWAIT: A citizen stole his mother’s jewelry and sold them to get Harasser caught injured during a raid of a Taima house, while a money for drugs, before being discovered and arrested by Fahd Al- A citizen’s misbehavior led him to be jailed inside Salmiya police bedoon man was hit by a bullet. A security source Ahmad police. A woman told police her jewelry worth KD 5,000 was station, as he harassed a female citizen, then made indecent gestures said Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives went to the house stolen from her house, but did not accuse anyone. Policemen sus- at her when she admonished him. The woman called police for help pected her son, who denied anything to do with the theft, then col- as the man was chasing her. Police stopped him, then took him to the of a bedoon to arrest a wanted man, but those in the lapsed and confessed to the theft. The source said he led them to part station, where the woman admonished him, so he spat at her. house resisted and injured the detectives. The of the money - KD 2,000 - while he had used the rest. Policemen arrested him for further legal action. injured were taken to hospital, and the rest were arrested. Theft Scam A citizen jogging in Rumaithiya found his car broken into, and his A citizen fell victim to a contractor twice, as when the latter Debris removed phone and wallet stolen. The citizen left his car near the walking lane received money to do work in his house under construction in Sabah The Municipality’s Public Relations Department and went for a run, then when he returned to the car, he found the Al-Salem, he also took a quantity of steel and disappeared. A security said the trash and debris removed by the cleanliness window broken and things in it stolen. A security source said the citi- source said the citizen sought the help of police and told them that zen lodged a complaint at the police station. after he agreed with a Syrian construction contractor to work in his and road occupancy unit at Mubarak Al-Kabeer house, he gave him money as down payment, but he was surprised amounted to 3,800 truckloads. The report said the Man loses apartment by him disappearing, then discovered he stole some steel too before number of hauled loads of organic material was A citizen who returned from treatment abroad was surprised escaping. Police are working on the case. 1,400, scrap and trees 1,200 and construction debris when he was unable to open his apartment, then a stranger came out 1,200 loads. The report said 45 abandoned and dis- to tell him that he had rented the apartment from the Egyptian build- Dispute played vehicles were removed. The report said the ing manager. The citizen called her, and she told him that he was late A Syrian woman accused a taxi driver of pulling a knife at her fol- total amount of money collected from fees and viola- in paying the rent. She said she also informed his brother, who did not lowing a dispute between the two. The woman told Adan police that respond. When he asked her about his furniture, she told him the new she had worked with the driver for some time, but after a dispute took tions reached KD 4,600. tenant stole it. The citizen went to the police station and lodged a place between them, the driver pulled the knife and threatened to complaint. hurt her. Police are working on the case. — Al-Rai Licenses renewal Kuwait Municipality Public Relations said the num- ber of new billboard licenses or renewed ones during 691 sites violated the second third of August reached 153, and collect- ed fees reached KD 21,202.