Kuwait says 16 people arrested over Hezbollah links
Kuwaiti security forces arrested 16 people suspected to have links with Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group allied with Iran, the state-run Kuwait News Agency reported.
The interior ministry said in a statement late Monday that the 14 Kuwaiti and two Lebanese suspects sought to “create chaos, and disrupt public order” during the war, the agency reported.
The ministry did not identify the people arrested. It was not immediately clear if they had lawyers.
It said authorities found firearms, ammunition, weapons for training and assassinations and encrypted communication devices and drones.
The ministry said the suspects aimed to recruit others to join Hezbollah.
Kuwait has for years experienced attacks that authorities linked to Iran.
Source: Associated Press
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