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21 May 2019 | Tue 16:24
Police tape at crime scene
Police tape at crime scene
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Drugs busts
Police arrest three during Hulhumale drug bust
The three individuals have been remanded by 10 days
Drug trafficking in the Maldives has been on the increase in recent years

Maldives Police Service (MPS) has arrested three individuals in a drug bust in Hulhumale.

Officers had conducted an operation in Hulhumale as part of their ongoing operation to eliminate drug trafficking in the country, following which they had arrested a 25-year-old, 28-year-old and 37-year-old.

Police found five rubber packets and one large package suspected to contain narcotics after raiding a flat in Hulhumale, with the landlord’s permission.

The Hulhumale Magistrate Court has since remanded the three individuals by 10 days in a location allocated by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Hulhumale Police Station is further investigating the case.

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