Police seize new synthetic drug ‘flakka’ and 2.5kg of cocaine
Flakka or alpha-PV is a synthetic drug created in laboratories. Police Superintendent Ahmed Shifan said the seizure of 200 grammes of the drug at the airport was the first time it was discovered in the Maldives.
20 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
A Bangladeshi man has been caught smuggling a new synthetic drug called “flakka” in a joint operation conducted by the police and the Maldives Customs Service.
Briefing the press yesterday, Superintendent Mohamed Shifan said the drugs were found using sniffer dogs. He noted that it was the first time flakka was discovered in the Maldives.
Shifan said the man was arrested at the airport on October 16 with 200 grammes of flakka in his luggage. He arrived in Maldives from Bangladesh via Sri Lanka.
The effects of flakka are similar to that of “ice” or LSD, he explained.
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