Police have arrested a convict who had been sentenced for 12 years was supposedly in prison, after he was arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs on Fuvamulah in Gnaviyani Atoll.
Online newspaper Sun reported that the person was in possession of illegal drugs inside a rented room in the island after police entered the place looking for him.
He swallowed seven rubber packets he was holding when he saw the police, however he was later taken to the hospital and the illegal drugs were taken out from his body.
The paper identified him as Abdulla Shareef, 34 of Lhaviyani Atoll Kurendhoo.
