Kuwait Times

Published Date: March 10, 2010

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry personnel busted a citizen for tending the largest marijuana farm ever found in Kuwait in his home garden in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, the ministry reported yesterday. A ministry statement said the bust was made after intelligence was received and a secret source verified the accuracy of the tip. Evidence was collected and proper procedures were taken to make the arrest.

The team assigned to the case included junior and senior officers as well as administrative staff to prepare for the raid, and all those who visited the house in Al-Qesoor were tailed and their identities investigated, in addition to those living in the house. The raid was made late Monday night after securing the required warrants, and the owner of the house was arrested "under the influence" and in possession of a number of marijuana plants, both in the garden and in dried form. Different planting pots w
ith seedlings and a large quantity of freshly picked plants were also found at the house. The suspect is now facing questioning by the concerned authorities, the statement said.

Separately, some 183 drug dealing cases, as well as 84 cases of acquisition of narcotics were reported in 2009 in Kuwait, a narcotics expert said yesterday. These cases led to 44 deaths due to overdose, Dr Ayed Al-Humeidan said during an awareness seminar organized by the narcotics combat general department at the Salama Bin Qeis middle school for boys. Drug smugglers are always coming up with new ways to hide their deadly goods, from secret pockets in car cushions to hiding them in DVD casings, yet men an
d women of the department managed to crack down on most of these innovative means, Al-Humeidan noted.

Drug cartels are merchants of death and murderers, who do not care less for innocent lives lost due to overdose of drugs, he said. The best means of overcoming drug addiction and its destructive impacts is through counseling, Al-Humeidan pointed out, warning young bodybuilding enthusiasts of using substances with suspicious hormones that might lead to mental disorders and physical setbacks.