Drugs


20 arrested in drug network bust
Police raided a house in Malé on Saturday.
03 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM


Fourth Maldivian arrested in India drug bust
The drugs were going to be smuggled into the Maldives in vegetable oil cans, it was reported.
03 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM


Three Maldivians arrested in India drug bust
The Times of India named the men as Shanees Maheer, Ahamed and Ibrahim Fauzen Saleh.
05 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM


More than 100 kilos of drugs washed ashore
Police recovered 115 kilos of drugs that had washed ashore in three inhabited islands and two uninhabited islands.
03 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM


Drugs wash ashore from stranded Iranian boat
Packages of illicit narcotics from an Iranian boat that ran aground in the northernmost atoll started washing ashore Thursday night.
02 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM


Nearly 2kg of drugs seized from postal parcels
The haul included “ecstasy, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis tree branches, heroin, methcathinone, and mephedron.”
22 May 2018, 9:00 AM


‘Party drug’ death suspects released
08 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Magistrate arrested on drug charge released by high court
The High Court released this morning a magistrate arrested from the southern island of Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll Saturday night on a charge of drug abuse. Magistrate Ali Rasheed, 38, was arrested “in a state of intoxication” and a rubber packet containing drugs was found on the ground, the police said in a statement.
29 May 2016, 9:00 AM


Police seize 2kg of drugs from state-owned cargo boat
Police officers raided STO’s MV Bonthi boat with a search warrant while it was anchored near the uninhabited island of Vakkaru in Baa atoll yesterday.
08 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM


Assistant Attorney General arrested in late night alcohol raid
Ismail Wisham, the assistant attorney general, and his wife were arrested in a late night raid on Monday, sources have said. Alcohol and hash oil were reportedly discovered on the premises.
29 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM


Resort workers dismissed on drug abuse charges were ‘key unionists’
14 Jun 2015, 5:00 PM
Man caught with 13 bullets of drugs in anal cavity
01 Jun 2015, 6:05 PM


Two men arrested with 1kg of hash oil
21 May 2015, 5:00 PM


Sniffer dogs locate drugs at Maafushi jail
07 May 2015, 9:44 PM


Sniffer dog locates 300 grams of heroin in first raid
13 Apr 2015, 7:35 PM
Police arrest two minors, two men in drug bust
21 Feb 2015, 5:04 PM
Police starts investigating case of dead body found at a Villimalé home
28 Jan 2015, 2:33 PM
Police arrest 9 individuals on drug possession charges in 48 hours
14 Jan 2015, 12:50 PM
Two arrested for attempting to smuggle 8 bottles of alcohol into Malé
06 Jan 2015, 1:46 PM
Man wearing a belt representing a cannabis leaf arrested
24 Dec 2014, 6:57 PM