KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior announced late on Monday that the competent security authorities, following precise and intensive security monitoring and surveillance operations, succeeded in uncovering and arresting a terrorist group affiliated with the banned terrorist organisation “Hezbollah” that aimed to destabilise security in the State of Kuwait and recruit individuals to join the terrorist organisation. In a statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the ministry said that security investigations and inquiries revealed an organised sabotage plan carried out by members of this terrorist group. The cell consisted of 14 Kuwaiti nationals and two Lebanese nationals and aimed to undermine Kuwait’s sovereignty, destabilise its stability, spread chaos, and disrupt public order, posing a direct threat to national security and endangering the safety of citizens, residents and the country’s capabilities. Firearms, ammo, communication devices, drones The ministry explained that, after obtaining the necessary legal authorisation from the Public Prosecution, a number of items were found in the possession of the terrorist organisation. These included firearms and ammunition, a weapon used for assassinations, encrypted Morse communication devices, drones, flags and images belonging to terrorist organisations, maps, narcotic substances, sums of money, and weapons used for training. It added that investigations […]