Police seize mobile phones and drugs in Maafushi prison
06 Jan 2014, 4:23 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Maldives Police Services have seized illegal narcotics and mobile phones in Maafushi Prison on Sunday.
A Police and Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services (DPRS) joint operation uncovered 50 rubber packers, one bullet size packet, one can and 22 cellophane packets containing illegal drugs. Five additional packets with traces of illegal drugs were also found.
Police discovered 15 mobile phones, 17 mobile phone batteries, 26 SIM cards, three mobile phone chargers, one SD memory card and one knife during the raid.
In a statement on Sunday, the police said that the operation was conducted after police received reports that inmates in Maafushi prison had been calling various people, asking them to recharge their phones with large amounts of cash.
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