Customs seizes MDMA worth MVR 3 million smuggled via courier

Maldives Customs Service has seized drugs worth MVR 3 million smuggled into Maldives through a courier service. 

Maldives Customs Service said that the parcel which contained the drugs came under scrutiny during an inspection of parcels which came into Maldives via courier on March 9. 

The agency said that ffurther inspection of the parcel showed it contained a suspicious substance, which tested positive for MDMA (Ecstasy). 

The MDMA found in the parcel weighed 1.115 kilos. 

The street value of the drugs is estimated to be MVR 3 million. 

Maldives Customs Service said the drugs have been handed over to Maldives Police Service.