Kuwait.. Interior Ministry announces the arrest of 5 Egyptians and Syrians and reveals what they did

- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced on Friday that three Syrians and two Egyptians were arrested, stating that they "exploited a charitable project to collect in-kind donations and resell them, benefiting personally from the proceeds." The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior said in a statement via its official account on the platform "X" (formerly Twitter) on Friday: "The Criminal Security Sector, represented by the General Department of Criminal Investigations, was able to uncover the exploitation of a charitable project to collect in-kind donations and resell them for personal gain involving five suspects: three of Syrian nationality and two of Egyptian nationality, as part of ongoing security efforts to combat crimes.",

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior mentioned in its statement that "the investigations conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department of Jahra Governorate, represented by the Salibiya Investigations Office, revealed that a furniture transport company rented an electronic site and a phone belonging to one of the charitable association's projects through one of its employees, without the knowledge of the association's members, and used them to receive donations of clothing, electronic devices, furniture, and food items, after deceiving donors that they were designated to support the project and achieve its goals." The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior clarified that the suspects were "receiving donations through several representatives, then seizing them and selling them in local markets or exporting them abroad to benefit from their financial value, without directing them to the purposes for which they were collected.",

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior continued: "It was found that this activity was repeated under the umbrella of the charitable project, generating monthly profits estimated at about 60,000 dinars from the disposal of those donations. The company's warehouse located in the Amghara area was also located, and necessary measures were taken regarding the seized items and completing the procedures related to the incident."