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April 24, 2011

Convict sentenced to life imprisonment arrested in Male’

A man sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for drug trafficking and convicted for a second time to 12 years in jail for drug possession and abuse in 2009 was arrested again in February 2011, according to the Criminal Court.
Abdulla Rashad, M. Badhuru, was taken into custody on February 12 when police officers suspected from the way he was walking that he was under the influence and discovered drugs in his fist.
“The court order summoning Abdulla Rashad on charges pressed by the state was accepted at his residence. We note that he continues to attend court without any escort from the authorities,” reads the Criminal Court statement.

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