Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 203

A police officer may arrest without an order a person accused of a felony. Condition: strong evidence supporting - 162 - Criminal Procedures and Trials. The accusation against him. Assessment of that evidence and its strength is for the officer under the trial court's scrutiny. - Informing the detective officer of a theft involving violence, the witness informing him of the perpetrator's descriptions and the car he used and its number, and his conducting inquiries and locating him. Sufficient to confer upon him the right to arrest without a warrant. His arrest of the perpetrator. Valid. Reason therefor. The challenge to the judgment's reliance on evidence resulting from this arrest and the officer's testimony. Unfounded.