Police seize drugs worth US$150k
The police seized drugs worth MVR2.3 million (US$149,000) and arrested six suspects during operations conducted during the weekend.
25 May 2017, 9:00 AM
The police seized drugs worth MVR2.3 million (US$149,000) and arrested six suspects during operations conducted over the weekend.
Briefing the press Tuesday evening, Superintendent Moosa Ali, head of the drug enforcement department, said the first operation was carried out in collaboration with the Maldives Customs Service on May 19 based on intelligence information about a suspect planning to smuggle drugs from India.
“We did not find any narcotics after searching his body and luggage at the airport. He was taken to the hospital for further examination where the doctors confirmed unidentified objects after taking an X-ray,” he said.
The 32-year-old Maldivian man swallowed 29 bullets of heroin weighing 177 grammes before flying into the Maldives.
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