Two minors sentenced to 16 years for smuggling illegal drugs
14 Nov 2012, 5:10 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Juvenile Court has sentenced a 16 year-old Maldivian boy and 16 year-old girl to 16 years imprisonment for smuggling 1.5 kilograms of cannabis into the Maldives.
November 30, 2009, customs officials at Male’ International Airport searched the luggage of a girl who just arrived to Male’ from Trivandrum with another woman.
The officials discovered the illegal substances wrapped in a new bed sheet inside her luggage. The girl surrendered the drugs to customs and told the officials that she had more hidden inside her body.
A total of 1.5 kilograms of cannabis were found with her according to the Juvenile Court.
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