Min 32º Max 46º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 16946- Friday, July 29, 2016 Annual pearl diving event kicks off 193 skippers and sailors embark on a voyage KUWAIT: Family members bid farewell to pearl divers as the annual traditional pearl diving event kicks off yesterday morning. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Faten Omar, KUNA KUWAIT: The annual traditional pearl diving event, organized by the Kuwait Sea Sports Club (KSSC) in Salmiya, kicked off yesterday morning. The 28th ‘Dasha’ ceremony, which celebrates the start of Kuwait’s annual pearl diving trip, began at Kuwait Sea Sports Club under the auspices of the Kuwaiti leadership and in attendance of the Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. (See Pages 4 & 5) Local FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 Local Spotlight The drug The Photographer’s Eye merchants In focus: Photojournalist Fouad Al-Shaikh By Muna Al-Fuzai
[email protected] he Ministry of Interior foiled an attempt to smug- gle a huge amount of Captagon pills into the Tcountry. The pills were professionally hidden in a container coming from Turkey. The operation was described as the largest seizure of drugs - an estimat- ed 10 million pills of Captagon worth 25 million Kuwaiti dinars! Authorities allowed the container to enter the country and followed it until its final destina- tion in an open area in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. They wait- ed for three days, until a 28-year-old Syrian man came to receive it and was caught red-handed. Investigations will reveal the truth, but this should be a lesson, and that the Syrian, who could just be a mes- senger, is guilty too.