Police raid Masodige, arrest 18 in drug bust
02 Mar 2014, 2:34 PM
Sixteen men and two women were arrested yesterday in a drug bust with over MVR100,00 (US$6,485) in cash and 31 rubber packets containing illicit narcotics.
Police raided Galolhu Masodige with a search warrant around 9:00am based on intelligence information suggesting that drugs were being sold from the house. The special operation was conducted jointly by the drug enforcement department (DED) and police intelligence.
According to the DED officer in charge of the operation, equipment used to pack drugs was also confiscated from Masodige.
Of the 18 suspects taken into custody, police said a 22-year-old man and 50-year-old woman were actively involved in drug trafficking.
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