Contraband found in ex-defence ministers’ prison cell
Commissioner of Prisons Mohamed Husham said the “contraband was found during a routine check” at the ‘Asseryi’ jail in Himmafushi, but did not reveal what the item was. Husham downplayed the discovery and suggested that the prohibited item was not necessarily a mobile phone as reported by local media.
08 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Prison guards have found contraband items from an apartment cell block occupied by former Defence Ministers Mohamed Nazim and Tholhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu as well as Adhaalath Party President Sheikh Abdulla Imran and former MP Ahmed Nazim.
Commissioner of Prisons Mohamed Husham told The Maldives Independent that the “contraband was found during a routine check” at the ‘Asseryi’ jail on the island of Himmafushi, but did not reveal exactly what was found.
Husham downplayed the discovery and suggested that the prohibited item was not necessarily a mobile phone as reported by local media.
“We would consider an extra pillow as contraband as well. An item might be allowed inside the jail but it could not be permitted inside the cell. Prison guards search the cells every day and remove a lot of items which are not allowed inside a cell,” he said.
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