Drug and Alcohol Operation in Rasdhoo: Nine Arrested Including Eight Maldivians and a Foreigner

The Maldives Police Service has arrested nine individuals in a joint operation targeting drug and alcohol possession, use and trafficking in Rasdhoo, Alif Alif Atoll. The operation was conducted last Sunday by the Drug Enforcement and Counter Narcotics Intelligence unit together with AA Atoll Police. According to police, 10 houses in Rasdhoo were searched during the operation, and equipment believed to be used for producing drugs and alcohol was found. Those arrested include eight Maldivians and a Bangladeshi national. All suspects were produced before a court which ordered various periods of remand: four individuals – Ibrahim Dinaan, Rimazu Mohamed, Ali Wasim and Mehadi Hasan – were remanded for 10 days; three others – Mohamed Ulwan Rasheed, Ahmed Areef and Ahmed Mohamed – for 5 days; Ahmed Ikleel for 7 days; and Leena Moosa for 3 days. Police have said that further investigations into the case are ongoing.