Police officer caught smuggling drugs into Male’ custodial jail
03 May 2014, 8:15 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
A police officer has been arrested on Wednesday night while attempting to smuggle drugs into Malé custodial detention center.
Police have confirmed that the officer has been taken into custody, but declined to reveal further details.
According to newspaper Haveeru, the suspect in custody is a police lance corporal and he was arrested from the detention center with drugs in his possession.
In March, a police officer was arrested in connection to the largest drug haul from a police operation in the country’s history.
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