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7 drunk girls held for abusing officer

From today’s Arab Times If you are the parents of any of these seven young women, I can imagine your hearts are aching. I am sorry for your pain.

At the same time, I’m sorry, something about it makes me laugh, too. I can’t imagine the problems the police had handling seven drunk young women at one time. And I have to imagine the “abuse” was verbal and not physical. Somehow, it sounds like a very comical scene to me. I also imagine that the aftermath for these seven young women is far from comical.

KUWAIT CITY: Police have detained for interrogation an unidentified young Kuwaiti woman for verbally abusing a police officer on duty at a police checkpoint in Salwa, reports Al-Watan daily.

According to a police source, officers manning the checkpoint saw seven young women riding in a car. All of them appeared disoriented and were carrying a bottle of alcohol.

When the officers ordered the women to come out of the vehicle, one of them not only refused but insulted a police officer.
All the seven women have been referred to a police station. Attempts by unidentified persons to set the women free have been turned down, says a police source.

The source added 11 men had also been arrested for drinking alcohol. However, it is not known if the incidents are related

October 18, 2007 - Posted by | Cold Drinks, Community, Crime, ExPat Life, Kuwait, Living Conditions

13 Comments »

  1. Oh my God… HYPOCRITS

    Blue Dress's avatar Comment by Blue Dress | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  2. That’s very sad.. not much else to say.

    N.'s avatar Comment by N. | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  3. bad bad bad baaaaaaaaaad!

    chikapappi's avatar Comment by chikapappi | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  4. I read that too and was like why cant police handle 11 girls!!

    Amu's avatar Comment by Amu | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  5. Cool ! i think times are changing ….. I can still remember the days when no alchoholic beer was sold in black market..[ 0.500 fills for a barbican] infact it used to be smuggled from Saudi … 😛

    'GreY''s avatar Comment by 'GreY' | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  6. If onle ONE of them had a “scary” family name we wouldn’t even be hearing of this.

    Enigma's avatar Comment by EniGma | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  7. Best line in the article: “The source added 11 men had also been arrested for drinking alcohol. However, it is not known if the incidents are related”

    amer's avatar Comment by amer | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  8. I am aghast more by the fact they were drink driving than by the fact they abused a copper.

    what's truth got to do with it's avatar Comment by what's truth got to do with it | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  9. and I am even more aghast at hearing you say – ‘aghast by …..’
    🙂

    dutiful liar's avatar Comment by dutiful liar | October 18, 2007 | Reply

  10. Sad really :/

    3baid's avatar Comment by 3baid | October 19, 2007 | Reply

  11. Blue – Hypocrites? The police? The girls? The arrest? The people trying to get them out of jail? Who?

    Amu – 7 girls – 11 guys, but maybe the incidents are “not related.” And drunks are particularly hard to handle because they are not rational. And I am guessing the police were guys and these were gals, and they had a job to do, but they are still mostly young men, and probably haven’t had to handle a situation quite like this before. It must have been quite a sight.

    Grey – Beer smuggled in from Saudi Arabia? Like is it home made beer? *puzzled*

    EniGma – the newspapers NEVER use a Kuwait’s name in the crime section.

    Amer – The scary thing is, there seem to be a lot of drunks on the road. Doesn’t that scare you?

    Hello, BL. Yep, the driving out there is bad enough without adding drink and drugs to the mix.

    Hello again, BL, and “aghast” makes me laugh, it is so vivid.

    3baid – I would guess most of them will be grounded for life.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 19, 2007 | Reply

  12. >_< tsk tsk! thats just a shame really..

    vixenfatale's avatar Comment by vixenfatale | October 20, 2007 | Reply

  13. Vixen, can you imagine what life must be like for them this week?

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 20, 2007 | Reply


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