Three Maldivian ‘mafia members’ arrested with drugs in India
Suspects connected with a Hong Kong-based international drug cartel were arrested with 1.5 litres of hashish oil.
01 Jan 2019, 9:00 AM
Three Maldivians connected with a Hong Kong-based international drug cartel were arrested in Kochi City on Monday with 1.5 litres of hashish oil, according to reports in Indian media.
The Maldivians – identified as Shifan Ibrahim, 30, Azim Habeeb, 33, and Mohamed Safoof, 34 – were arrested with Anthony Sami, 30, a Tamil Nadu native, from a hotel parking ground before they were about to leave for the airport.
Hidden in shampoo bottles, the drug haul was worth about US$246,500. Hashish oil is a thick liquid extracted from cannabis.
“The accused planned to smuggle the contraband brought from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to the Maldives via the Nedumbassery airport,” J Himendranath, deputy commissioner of the Kochi City police, was quoted as saying.
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