The Prosecutor General’s office has said the Criminal Court still has not provided them with the reports on the verdict of Adam Naseer, labelled one of the country’s top six drug dealers, reports Miadhu.
Naseer was arrested in July 2009 and acquitted by the Criminal Court in February 2010 due to lack of evidence.
Following his acquittal, Naseer sued the Maldives Police Service (MPS) for holding his money and freezing his bank accounts. There were more than Rf 5 million in cash.
The PG’s office appealed to the High Court to keep his assets frozen until the appeal on his criminal charges was completed by the High Court.
The PG’s office was expecting the report from the Criminal Court to continue with the appeal, as they could not proceed without it.
In March 2010, Deputy Prosecutor General Hussein Shammem told Minivan News “we are still waiting on the full report from the Criminal Court, hopefully [we will get it] by the end of this week” he said. “We still need to get things started.”
Shameem told Miadhu his office had asked the Criminal Court twice for the reports but still had not received them.
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