Drug trafficking suspects arrested for third time
The court and police blamed each other for their release.
06 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
A mother and son suspected of drug trafficking were arrested for the third time on Wednesday night as the criminal court and police blamed each other for their release on two previous occasions.
The 52-year-old woman and 25-year-old man were first arrested in the early hours of Tuesday. Three kilos of drugs were found in their home in the capital’s suburb Hulhumalé.
But the criminal court in Malé released them when they taken to a remand hearing the following afternoon. The arrest and search warrants granted by the Hulhumalé magistrate court lacked the name of the judge as required by the criminal procedures law, the court said in a statement.
There was “no legal debate” over the illegality of the warrants, it added, accusing police of informing the media “irresponsibly and in a manner that damages the perception of the judiciary.”
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