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  • 119 suspects arrested for arson in Portugal

    119 suspects arrested for arson in Portugal

    LISBON: A total of 119 suspects have been arrested for the crime of arson this year as serious fires hit Portugal due to a heat wave and severe drought, causing consequences for agriculture and other primary supply systems.

    “We have this year a detention rate that is already much more than double that of the previous years” as a result of inspection work carried out jointly by the military police, the National Republican Guard, and the Judiciary Police said the Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration Jose Luis Carneiro on Sunday.

    Speaking at an event in the city of Leiria, central Portugal, Carneiro revealed that “other investigations are underway to detect the causes of other fires, which could lead to other arrests.”

    This year, the government strengthened “the inspection and surveillance mechanisms,” in conjunction with the Air Force, in addition to installing 230 fixed lookout posts and video surveillance, the minister added.

    Carneiro expressed “unconditional” solidarity with the firefighters who fight the fires.

    According to Portuguese law, forests are not allowed to be used for construction or other usage. –Xinhua

  • Seven Nepali women arrested in Kuwait

    Seven Nepali women arrested in Kuwait

    KATHMANDU: Kuwait Police has arrested seven Nepali women on the charge of selling domestic workers to other house owners.

    They have been charged for taking Nepali domestic workers working illegally in Kuwait into confidence with the assurance of lucrative remuneration and selling them to the other house owners.

    According to Arab Times published in Kuwait, they will be charged in line with the human trafficking law.

    Agents are found to have been selling domestic workers from one house owner to the other, of late, after difficulty arose to traffic them via the land of India.

    The Kuwait government had put a ban on recruiting domestic workers after the coronavirus cases spiked in the country.

    Kuwait has allowed citizens of five countries including Nepal entry into its country only from last Thursday.

    As many as 197 Nepali domestic workers stuck in Sri Lanka had reached Kuwait on last Thursday.

  • Dharmendra Bastola of Biplav faction arrested

    Dharmendra Bastola of Biplav faction arrested

    KATHMANDU: Dharmendra Bastola, the western command chief of the outlawed Biplav rebel group, has been arrested.

    A police source said that he was arrested from the border area of ​​Lalitpur and Makwanpur.

    Bastola is also a member of the faction’s secretariat and head of the Foreign Department.

    Likewise, Bibek Kumal considered close to the faction’s spokesperson Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma “Prakanda” has also been arrested along with Bastola.