Police mistakenly release picture of college student in drug suspect case
24 Apr 2012, 1:45 PM
Hawwa Lubna
The Maldives Police Service has apologised to a 23 year-old female college student after she was wrongfully identified and pictured in the media as a suspect in a drug investigation.
Police released the picture of Aishath Hanaa of G Shady Ground on Wednesday night, after identifying her as a suspect in a case involving narcotics and money seized from a house in capital Male’ following a police raid.
However, the real suspect arrested was actually Aishath Hanaa,22, from M Fanari – a woman who shared the same name.
In a statement released on Sunday, police apologised for the incident, claiming that the innocent woman’s picture was sent out by “mistake” as both she and the actual suspect shared the same name.
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