Millionaire caught begging in Kuwait

Kuwaiti Police arrested a local man for begging although he has more than Dh6 million in the bank, a newspaper in the oil-rich Gulf state reported on Tuesday.

Police watching the beggar, a bedoun (without identity), found he was claiming that he was broke and had no home, the Arabic language daily 'Al Watan' said.

“They arrested him for begging in violation of local laws. Investigations later showed that he had more than 500,000 dinars (Dh6.1 million) in his bank account,” it said.