Customs seize 2kg of cocaine
Customs officers seized 2.153kg of cocaine from the luggage of a Bolivian woman who arrived in the Maldives last Monday. Passenger clearance officers at the airport checked her bag and found the drugs after her behaviour aroused their suspicions.
23 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Customs officers seized 2.153kg of cocaine from the luggage of a Bolivian woman who arrived in the Maldives last Monday.
According to customs, passenger clearance officers at the airport checked her bag and found the drugs after her behaviour aroused their suspicions.
The woman arrived from Brazil. “In this case, the Maldives was used as a transit point,” the customs service said on Saturday.
The suspect was handed over to the police and the case is under investigation, it added.
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