Villa resorts running out of booze
The alcohol importing license for all Villa holiday properties, except Royal Island Resort, was revoked last year. Villa had been importing alcohol to Royal and transferring the stock to its other resorts.
01 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
Resorts owned by opposition leader Gasim Ibrahim are running out of alcohol as authorities are only releasing it to one of his properties, the Villa Group said Thursday.
The alcohol importing license for all Villa holiday properties, except Royal Island Resort, was revoked last year. Villa had been importing alcohol to Royal and transferring the stock to its other resorts.
But authorities raided the resorts and confiscated alcohol from them last month, ultimately revoking Royal Island’s license.
Qaisar Naseem, the general manager of Villa Hotels and Resorts, told Mihaaru that even though the Economic Ministry had given the group a temporary permit to import alcohol and pork, Maldives Customs was only releasing these items to Royal Island.
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