The Criminal Court has sentenced a woman to one year in prison after she was arrested in 2009 with 90 bottles of vodka. Alcohol is banned on inhabited islands in the Maldives.
The court identified the woman as Niuma Abdulhannan of Maamigili in South Ari Atoll.
On May 12 in 2009, police were informed that illegal narcotics were being traded inside the Kerinlight house in the Maafannu ward of Male’. Police attended the house and searched the room in which Niuma was living, the Criminal Court said.
The Criminal Court said that during the search, police discovered 90 bottles of vodka hidden in different places around the room.
The court said that the bottles were confiscated and tested positive for alcohol. Niuma was not able to convince the court that the alcohol bottles were legally imported and possessed according to the Trade Ministry’s regulations on importing alcohol.
The Criminal Court said the judge found her guilty of importing an item on the list of contraband. As it was the first time she was found guilty of such a crime, she was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
Alcohol is not mentioned in the current Drug Act, and the only Act that currently prohibits alcohol is the Import-Export Act.
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Shes very unlucky!
Alcohol should be allowed on inhabited islands where residents can consume responsibly.
Girl, you can still get away with it. Go marry reeko, for a few days!
Then, You can blame a passing ship as the culprit.
simply ridiculous that this is even a crime... pure ignorance!
Oh no !please keep one bottle of holy vodka for Addalath party members!
Shame. That's 180,000 Rufiyaa down the drain, at the current black market rate for a litre bottle of Vodka.
In times of austerity like this, we need to find a way around such losses.
Here's a question for the Sheikhs: Would alcohol be halaal if sold in the Haabee shops?
On one side of Maldives is Siberia and on the other is Saudi Arabia!
90days like 4.5 days for a bottle.... Not bad huh!
ooooooo... good vodka gone to waste! poor bottles. dats a blow shit to 90 days of party party party!!!
1 year for 90 bottles of vodka = 4 days for a litre of vodka = 2 days for half a litre. So for 1 drunken day, you get 2 days full board in quiet accommodation for free to nurse your hangover. They should put that in a brochure
Villa alcohol ...
This isnt over until they arrest the russians who imported this