Police have arrested two Maldivians with three kilograms of illegal narcotics during a special operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Department (DED).
Speaking at a press conference held today at the Iskandar building, DED Superintendent Mohamed Jinah said that the police were able to seize the drugs before they had been circulated across the country, and that this was a great success for the police and government.
Jinah identified the two persons arrested as Hussein Sobah, 27, of Maduvvari in Raa Atoll and Mohamed Aswad, 29, of Nadella in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
Police said the street value of these drugs would be Rf1.7 million (US$110,000) approximately.
The two men were arrested near the UN building in the Galolhu district on Male’, following intelligence reports, police said.
The Drug Enforcement squad searched a private office owned by the pair and found the three kilograms of drugs inside.
Furthermore, Jinah told the press that the drugs were imported with the assistance of a cargo vessel.
‘’The vessel drops these things into the sea into an area determined by them,’’ Jinah said. ‘’They went to the location on a dingy and picked it up and brought it to Male.’’
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