Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior arrested a gang of Nigerian nationals implicated in an armed robbery incident at a currency exchange office in the Al-Mahboula area, taking a sum of foreign currencies estimated at KD 4,600 (USD 16,500).
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In a press release on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the Ministry explained that this was a premeditated crime as the gang had been watching the office from rooftops of nearby buildings and had used metal plates to cover car plates during the robbery.
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Efforts of detectives located one of the suspects who confessed to having monitored the office and notifying his partner, who was detained in the Aswaq Al-Qurain area.
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In his residence, the detectives found the stolen sums as well as a bag of meth.
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The Ministry affirmed that the two suspects were referred to the public persecution for legal action.Â
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