Kuwait, May 01: Kuwaiti security agencies have arrested members of suspected spy cell providing Iran with information about both Kuwaiti and US interests, a local daily reported on Saturday.
The alleged cell, of at least seven people, reportedly confessed they were responsible for recruiting members sympathetic to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, al-Qabas daily quoted high-ranking security sources as saying.
Security forces seized maps for vital sites, sophisticated communications devices and some 250,000 dollars, when they raided the house of the cell’s in al-Sulaibiya, north west of Kuwait City two days ago.
Members of the cell used to visit Iran frequently, and some of the arrested suspects work for the Interior and Defence Ministries.
Security forces are still searching for another six to seven suspects, al-Qabas added.
Kuwait is home to several US military bases, with some 15,000 US troops are in the Gulf State, which is also an important transit for forces moving in and out of Iraq.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards is a branch of Iran’s military, founded after the 1979 revolution.
–Agencies