Probe into migrant workers arrested for brewing alcohol
08 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Police are investigating two migrant workers who were arrested for brewing alcohol in Male’.
One Bangladeshi and one Indian worker were arrested late Thursday in an operation carried out by the Drug Enforcement Department. The officers searched the residential premises with a court warrant.
Possession and distribution of alcohol without a licence is a crime in the Maldives, although it is allowed on resorts for guests.
The migrant workers were caught with 53 500ml bottles of alcohol, in addition to seven five-litre bottles of alcohol. They have been given a seven-day detention period.
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