Commissioner of Police Mohamed Hameed has commended officers of the Maldives Police Service’s drug enforcement unit over a recent operation that led to the seizure over hundred kilograms of drugs.
Police on Monday found 149 kilograms of drugs, said to be heroin and cannabis, buried on an island in the southern Gaafu Dhaalu atoll.
Applaud the work of Drug Enforcement Dept., Directorate of Intelligence and Upper South Police Division to seize an approximate total 149 kgs of drugs (heroin and cannabis) trafficked via sea and buried on the island of Gaafu Dhaalu Hulhuvaarulu, in a very successful operation.
— Mohamed Hameed (@M_Hameedh) April 29, 2019
The 72-hour operation further led to the arrest of five individuals.
Police say the drugs had been imported into the Maldives by sea.
