Drugs worth MVR7.5m seized at sea
A large drug haul with an estimated street value of MVR7.5 million (US$486,000) was seized on July 9 from a boat en route to Malé from the Indian port of Tuticorin.
17 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
A drug haul with an estimated street value of MVR7.5 million (US$486,000) was seized on July 9 from a boat en route to Malé from the Indian port of Tuticorin.
The drugs were seized in a 72-hour joint operation conducted by the police and customs, Inspector of Police Aminath Suzy and Chief Superintendent of Customs Ismail Hamdhoon told the press last week.
After monitoring the boat based on an intelligence tip-off, police and customs officers stopped and boarded it near the island of Feydhoo Finolhu and arrested a 61-year-old man.
The drugs were found in the boat’s storage room. Some six cellophane packets with 8.5kg of hash oil and four packets containing 1.1kg of heroin were seized.
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