The Ministry of Interior conducted coordinated security and traffic campaigns that led to the apprehension of 12 fugitives across various governorates. A security source at the ministry reported that the individuals were wanted for breaches of residency and labor laws in addition to their involvement in separate cases. The source affirmed that the security campaigns are ongoing to apprehend all those proven to have violated the laws of the country and committed crimes.
The ministry’s General Traffic Department separately targeted an illegal passenger transport network, resulting in the arrest of two Asian nationals. According to the security source, the pair had been using private vehicles to ferry passengers without the necessary permits or licensing. The source added that all those arrested in the recent campaign were referred to the concerned authorities while the vehicles were impounded at the Traffic Detention Center.
The security source reiterated that illegally transporting passengers is a grave traffic violation that undermines regulated services and poses risks to public safety. The Traffic Investigation Department handled the case as part of the broader enforcement drive that covered several regions of the country. All detainees from both the fugitive arrests and the taxi operation were processed under standard procedures for referral to prosecution.
Public Authority for Civil Information figures place Kuwait’s expatriate population at roughly 3.3 million, a demographic that has shaped the scale and focus of the Ministry of Interior’s repeated campaigns against residency violations and unlicensed economic activities. The latest operation forms part of a pattern of enforcement actions the ministry has maintained in recent years to address illegal labor and transport networks. Similar drives have targeted unregulated operators who circumvent licensing requirements in the transport sector.
The Ministry of Interior has directed all relevant departments to sustain these campaigns until full compliance is achieved across affected governorates. The security source noted that the operations serve to enforce existing regulations without exception for any group or activity. No further breakdown of the fugitives’ nationalities or individual case details was provided in the ministry’s update.
