Adam Naseer sues police to reclaim frozen assets
25 Mar 2010, 6:25 PM
Laura Restrepo Ortega
Adam Naseer has sued the Maldives Police Service (MPS) for withholding his assets after the High Court froze the money earlier this month, as part of an ongoing investigation against him.
Naseer, labelled as one of the top six drug dealers of the country by the government, was arrested in July 2008 by police on drug charges.
He was acquitted by Judge Abdul Baary Yousuf in the Criminal Court in late February 2010. The judge cited lack of evidence to convict Naseer.
The Prosecutor General’s office then appealed the case to the High Court and requested the freezing of Naseer’s assets which were being held by police, and amounted to over Rf5 million (US$460,000) in cash.
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