Police have arrested three persons in connection with three different drug related cases.
In a statement issued today the police said a 36 year-old man was arrested from the island of Dhaandhoo Island in Gaafu Alifu Atoll.
Police said the man had thrown away something on seeing police officers on patrol on the street, and when police officers examined the items they found it was a cellophane packed with illegal drugs.
Another 26 year-old man was also arrested from the island on May 6 with five cellophane packets containing illegal drugs.
The third person was arrested in Malé on May 5 with six rubber packets containing illegal drugs. The man had run away from the police when he was stopped on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs.
But police officers managed to arrest him and take him to Maafannu Police Station.
