Egyptian delivery worker vanished with KD 1,900. SHOOO KER KAY..

He was just a delivery worker doing his rounds, the kind of employee who collects cash from customers and hands it back to the office at the end of the day. Then one day, the money didn’t come back – and neither did he.

Kuwait’s security authorities have now placed this Egyptian employee of a delivery company on the wanted list. If he ever comes back into the country, he’ll be arrested at the border. The case centres on KD 1,900 that his employer says never made it back into company hands.

It’s the kind of case that plays out quietly across Kuwait’s delivery and courier industry, an industry we’ve covered before, from checks on delivery bikes and riders to conditions at delivery firm staff housing.

How the case came together

According to a security source, the trouble started the ordinary way. The employee had received KD 1,900 on behalf of the company while doing his job – most likely cash collected from customers during deliveries, though the source doesn’t spell out exactly how the money was handled.

The money never reached the company. When management noticed the gap, they tried to sort it out directly first. They called the employee to ask him to return the cash. His phone was off, and stayed off.

That’s when the company dug a little deeper. What they found changed the picture completely: the employee had already left Kuwait. With no way to reach him and no sign the money was coming back, the company decided it had no choice but to go to the police.

What the police did next

The company’s legal representative filed an official complaint at Fahaheel Police Station. Investigators registered the case as a breach of trust – a charge used in Kuwait when someone is accused of misusing money or property they were legally given to handle, rather than stealing it outright.

The file was then referred to the relevant authorities for investigation and further legal action. As part of that process, the employee’s name went onto Kuwait’s wanted list. In practice, that means if he ever tries to enter Kuwait again, whether on a new visa, a transit, or any other route, border authorities will flag him for arrest.

The source article doesn’t name the employee, give his age, or say which delivery company he worked for, and none of that has been made public.

What this means for employers and workers in Kuwait

For employers, especially smaller delivery and courier firms that rely on staff handling customer cash, this case is a reminder of a real risk. When an employee collects money on the company’s behalf, that trust is backed by Kuwaiti law – and breach of trust cases are taken seriously by police once they’re reported.

For delivery workers themselves, including the thousands of expats working in this sector, the case is a reminder that leaving the country while money is unaccounted for doesn’t end the matter. A wanted list entry can follow someone indefinitely, closing the door on any future return to Kuwait for work, family visits, or anything else.

We’ve also reported on how financial trust cases are handled once they reach Kuwait’s courts, such as the bank worker recently jailed for stealing customer loan fees. Cases like these tend to follow a similar path: a complaint, an investigation, then a referral to prosecution. You can find more Local news from Kuwait on how these cases unfold.

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