According to the Interior Ministry, 67 people have been detained in Kuwait in connection with the recent shooting deaths of 23 people, including a Bangladeshi national who is suspected of being the head of the criminal network.
The ministry said it seized six factories and four more that were not yet operational in residential and industrial areas in a statement released late on Saturday.
A criminal group member from Nepal described the process for making and selling methanol to authorities.
Alcohol is not permitted in Kuwait, a Muslim country, but some are produced illegally in secret locations without proper supervision or safety standards, putting the consumer at risk of poisoning.
The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that there had been 160 cases of methanol poisoning linked to the contaminated beverages, with 23 deaths, primarily involving Asian nationals.
According to the ministry, at least 51 people needed immediate kidney transplants, and 31 needed mechanical ventilation.
Without naming a cause, the Embassy of India in Kuwait, which has the largest expatriate population in the nation, reported that about 40 Indian nationals had been taken into hospital in Kuwait over the past few days.
In a statement on X, it stated that “there have been some fatalities, some are in a critical condition while others are recovering.”
It is difficult to identify methanol, a toxic colorless alcohol found in industrial and home goods. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, hyperventilation, and breathing issues are typical symptoms of poisoning that are delayed.
Source: Aljazeera
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