A guest at a hotel in Kuwait was arrested on suspicion of possessing a cocktail of drugs after his bag had raised suspicions in the place. It all started when the hotel in the Jahra governorate in north-western Kuwait had stumbled on a suspicious bag belonging to the guest, a Gulf national, and reported about it to police. Upon opening it, the bag was found to contain a narcotic cache of 187 Lyrica pills, 14 pieces of hashish, and five needles containing an unknown substance, likely heroin, ready for use, Al Anba newspaper reported, citing a security source. The suspect was referred to the General Department for Combating Narcotics for questioning. There was no comment from authorities on the report. In recent months, Kuwait has stepped up efforts to combat drug smuggling and trafficking. Last month, the Kuwaiti customs authorities said they had foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly 1.8 million Captagon pills that were stashed inside a furniture shipment. The haul was seized at the Shuwaikh Port, Kuwait Customs said, calling the abortion of the attempt a “new blow” dealt to peddlers of narcotics and illicit substances. It added that while inspecting a furniture container, the customs officials had […]