Suspect arrested over drug bust at sea.
The court and police blamed each other for their release.
The coastguard stopped the vessel 126 nautical miles west of Baa atoll.
A Maldivian national was arrested in Sri Lanka while attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of heroin.
Mohamed Asif was found guilty of smuggling 286 grammes of illicit narcotics into the Maldives in February. He reportedly swallowed 35 bullets containing the drugs and...
Two Maldivians were arrested Tuesday on charges of trafficking some 1.7 kilograms of heroin through the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.
According to Sri Lankan media, a Maldivian couple was arrested on Saturday outside the Katunayaka airport with 3kg of heroin in their luggage. After interrogating the...
In its ruling, the appellate court said Ramiz Ahmed, from Janavareemaage in Laamu Isdhoo, was "deprived of the fundamental constitutional right" to examine the evidence or...
Citing severe procedural irregularities, the Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted a man sentenced to life in prison over drug trafficking charges. The irregularities are similar to...
