Minor arrested for allegedly brewing alcohol
21 Feb 2011, 3:29 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A 17 year-old boy has been arrested on the island of Hithadhu in Laamu Atoll for allegedly brewing alcohol.
Police Sergent Abdul Muhusin told Minivan News that the minor had been now released after being questioned about the alleged incident.
”Police were informed that a group were brewing alcohol in a place, but when police officers attended the area nobody was there,” he said. “However materials that were supposedly used to ferment alcohol were discovered in the area,”
Staff at the island office told Minivan News that it was the first case of brewing alcohol that was reported to have occurred in the island.
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