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Police charge three people for drinking alcohol in 2010

12 Aug 2013, 1:06 PM

Minivan News

Police have submitted for prosecution a case involving three people alleged to have possessed and consumed alcohol almost three years ago, on October 28, 2010, reports local media.

Police arrested Ahmed Minthaz, 45, Ahmed Ahlam, 42 and Risma Umar, 23 in a rented apartment in Male’, after discovering three glasses and one bottle of alcohol on a table in the room. A further four bottles of alcohol were discovered in the apartment, police stated.

The three suspects tested positive for alcohol during a breathalyzer test, police said, and the case was finally sent for prosecution on July 30, 2013.

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