2 others convicted in the same case involving sneaking phones into prison
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The case involved the smuggling of eight mobiles in return for a bribe of KD1,000 ($3,244). Representative image.
The case involved the smuggling of eight mobiles in return for a bribe of KD1,000 ($3,244). Representative image.
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Cairo: A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced three defendants, including a policeman, to four years in prison each for involvement in smuggling mobile phones to inmates in exchange for money.
The other defendants are an inmate and a mediator, according to Media Court, a Kuwaiti website reporting about legal cases.
The case involved the smuggling of eight mobiles in return for a bribe of KD1,000 ($3,244).
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They were referred to the public prosecution after they had been caught red-handed committing the illegal act via surveillance cameras.
The cop has been dismissed from his job and ordered to pay double the bribe sum.
In recent months, Kuwait took legal action against several law enforcers accused of wrongdoing.
Earlier this month, a Kuwaiti police officer was discharged for having violated rules on good conduct.
The step was taken after Kuwait's Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Fahd Al Yousuf received information about an officer appearing in a video clip driving his car blaring out loud music with a girl sitting next to him, Al Rai newspaper reported, quoting well-informed sources.
The officer, who worked for the Interior Ministry, was summoned and questioned. He admitted that the video was his, and that the escort was his girlfriend.
Dismissed
In another case, Kuwait last month dismissed three law-enforcers from service due to misconduct in two separate incidents.
They included an officer, who appeared in comic videos on social media.
He was found out to have violated regulations that prohibit the appearance of police officers and their participation in all social media sites without the permission of the ministry.
The two others were policemen, who were proven to have assaulted a prisoner.
In January, a Kuwaiti court sentenced a former police officer to 15 years in jail with hard labour for an attempted robbery of a foreign exchange office.
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