A Kuwaiti court had sentenced four people, including a handball player and a customs officer, to 15 years in prison each on charges of dealing in and taking drugs. The two others are a Kuwaiti citizen and a stateless man while police are hunting for a fifth collaborator: an Egyptian expatriate accused of supplying them with the illicit stuff, local sources reported. The four were arrested in different parts of Kuwait which is waging a relentless crackdown on drug traffickers and smugglers. The hunt began after police received a tip-off that the player was in possession of drugs and psychotropic substances. A police raid on his house resulted in seizing in his bedroom satchels of suspected marijuana, hashish and other psychotropics. The suspect admitted he was in possession of the substances with the purpose of trafficking and using them. He also guided police to partners who were later arrested. In recent years, Kuwait has stepped up its efforts to combat drug smuggling and trafficking. Kuwaiti Interior Ministry earlier this month said anti-drug police had thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics with an estimated market value of KD1 million. The Kuwaiti General Department for Combating Narcotics arrested two Asian expatriates in […]