1.54 kilo of cannabis seized from Bangladeshi man

1.54 kilo of cannabis has been seized from a Bangladeshi man who travelled to Maldives on a flight from his home country.

The man had arrived in Maldives on a Mihin Lanka flight on October 4.

The narcotics were found inside his luggage.

Maldives Customs Service reported that they and Maldives Police Service had arrested two more Bangladeshis as part of a control delivery operation they ran in relation to the case – bringing the total of arrests in relation to the case to three.

Arrests were made after shipment of narcotics coming in on a flight from India was seized just last week.