Police find beer cans in taxi, arrest 3

Police have made three arrests in connection to a shipment of beer cans found in a taxi in suburban Hulhumale’.

Police said the operation was initiated in response to information regarding a shipment of beer cans loaded from a dinghy in the petrol jetty in Hulhumale’ to a taxi.

The operation took place at 12:10 am on Sunday.

Police searched the taxi and found 48 cans of beer.

Police made three arrests in connection to the case; a 24-year-old Maldivian male, a 26-year-old Maldivian male, and a 30-year-old Maldivian male.