Case of 25-year-old Russian woman smuggling cocaine sent to Prosecutor General
07 Apr 2014, 4:04 PM
Lucy Lovell
The case of the Russian woman – arrested after attempting to smuggle 2.5kgs of cocaine into the Maldives – has been sent to the Prosecutor General’s (PG) office.
Purtova Angelina – a 25-year-old Russian national – was arrested on January 27 this year when she arrived in the Maldives from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Deputy Prosecutor General Hussein Shameem has confirmed with Minivan News that police have finished their investigation, and that the case was forwarded to the PG last Thursday (April 3). Shameem estimated that the court hearing will take place within the next week.
“We don’t know yet what the decision will be, we will have to wait until the court hearing next week.” Shameem told Minivan.
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