Two men sentenced to life imprisonment over record drug haul
Two Maldivian men were found guilty of smuggling 24kg of heroin into the Maldives in March 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
02 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Two Maldivian men were found guilty last week of smuggling 24kg of heroin into the Maldives in March 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The criminal court on Monday also imposed a fine of MVR100,000 (US$6,500) each on Abdulla Sofwath and Ismail Moosa.
The 24kg of heroin was seized from a dinghy near Hulhumalé in a major operation that lasted for several days. As of June last year, it was the largest drug haul from a police operation in the country’s history.
The street value of the drugs was estimated to be worth MVR 100 million (US$6.5 million).
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