Six arrested in alcohol bust
Four Maldivians and two foreign nationals were arrested Tuesday night while trying to store more than 400 liquor bottles and 80 cans of beer in a house in Malé.
05 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
Four Maldivians and two foreign nationals were arrested Tuesday night while trying to store more than 400 liquor bottles and 80 cans of beer in a house in Malé.
Briefing the press about the operation, Inspector Rajni Shuaib said the Maldivian suspects have criminal records for assault and alcohol consumption whilst the two foreigners were undocumented workers.
The suspects were using the rented house for their illegal alcohol sales, the acting head of the drug enforcement department said Wednesday. Preliminary investigations have established that the alcohol was released from a bonded warehouse in Hulhumalé to a safari vessel, he added.
He appealed for cooperation from safari and speedboat operators and Malé homeowners to tackle the entrenched alcohol black market.
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