Police seize nine kilograms of drugs in raid on local drug network
27 Nov 2012, 2:47 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police have busted a local drug network and arrested five Maldivians and four Indians while they were in possession of nine kilograms of illegal substances.
The men were arrested when they arrived in the Maldives aboard a cargo boat named ‘Silver Cloud 49’, a vessel carrying goods from India to the Maldives that had just unloaded eggs, potatoes and onions from Tuticorin port in India.
Police conducted a join operation with the customs, police intelligence and police drug enforcement department to disrupt the drug network.
According to a statement issued by police, the vessel arrived in the Maldives yesterday morning.
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