Nearly 2kg of drugs seized from postal parcels
The haul included “ecstasy, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis tree branches, heroin, methcathinone, and mephedron.”
22 May 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives Customs Service seized 1.74kg of drugs concealed in postal parcels during March and April this year.
The drugs were seized in a total of 24 cases. The haul included “ecstasy, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis tree branches, heroin, methcathinone, and mephedrone,” the customs service revealed Tuesday.
The countries of origin or departure were Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece and the United Kingdom.
In October last year, 500 ecstasy tablets were confiscated from a parcel sent to Addu City from the Netherlands. Customs said it was one of the largest ‘party drug’ haul of its kind to date in the Maldives.
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