10 expats attempting to smuggle drugs via sea arrested, identities revealed

Local authorities have arrested 10 expatriates for allegedly attempting to smuggle seven kilograms of drugs into the Maldives via vessel.

All 10 suspects have been ordered remand on Friday, March 21^st.

Authorities clarified the case involved a group of Indian and Indonesian smugglers, out of whom five were ordered a remand of five days by the Criminal Court with the remaining five receiving just a single remand day.

Details of the suspects have been disclosed by authorities, and they are;

• Ganesh Bommali, India, 22: remand of 5 days
• Peter Vini, India, 28: remand of 5 days
• Prabhakaran Nagarajan, India, 35: remand of 5 days
• Andrians Ya, Indonesia, 25: remand of 5 days
• Mohammed Ikbal Makmuru, Indonesia, 30: remand of 5 days
• Dattkile Darshan Vijay, India, 22: remand of one day
• Saran Padman, India, 26: remand of one day
• Nashvan Adil, Indonesia, 30: remand of one day
• Romans Sathiya Fernando, India, 58: remand of one day
• Gowsik Raj James Nox, India, 30: remand of one day

All ten are charged with drug trafficking, and though the prosecution had submitted sufficient amount of admissible evidence. Additionally, statements from the officers on scene confirmed discovering seven kilograms of drugs from the vessel.

Maldives Police Service also revealed the identities of all 10 suspects in the case later on Saturday evening.

Police however, had not provided any further information about the individuals or the case beyond this.