Police officer arrested in drug bust
13 Nov 2014, 12:27 PM
A police officer was among nine people arrested in a drug bust on the island of Hinnavaru in Lhaviyani atoll on Tuesday (November 11).
Briefing the press yesterday, Chief Inspector Ahmed Shifan, head of the Drug Enforcement Department (DED), revealed that all the suspects in custody were Maldivian men above 18 years of age from Hinnavaru.
“A police officer is under arrest but I cannot provide further information at the time,” he said.
The Hinnavaru magistrate court has extended the remand detention of the suspects for eight days, he said.
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