Kuwaiti authorities smash plot to smuggle quarter-ton of drugs by sea

KUNA

Monday, August 6, 2018

Kuwait's coast guard has thwarted an attempt to smuggle up to a quarter of a ton of cannabis across the sea, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

Upon getting word of a major maritime drug trafficking operation, security forces acted immediately and arrested five suspects onboard a vessel who are believed to have had copious amounts of cannabis in their possession, read a statement by the ministry..

The statement emphasized that the coast guard stand ready to fend off any attempt to undermine Kuwait's security.

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