Maldivian arrested with drugs in Indian airport
The 32-year-old man was arrested with hashish worth more than US$1 million.
06 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
A Maldivian man was arrested at the Cochin International Airport with 3.2kg of hashish on Tuesday.
Mohamed Sobah, 32, from the Villigili island in Gaafu Alif atoll, was a suspected member of an international drug trafficking cartel, Indian media reported.
After arriving in Kochi earlier this week, he was due to depart on an Indigo flight to Malé.
The hashish – with an estimated street value of more than US$1 million – was concealed inside a “false cavity” in his bag, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar was quoted as saying.
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