115 cellophane pieces with drugs seized from boat arriving at Maamendhoo

Maldives Police Service has seized 115 cellophane pieces suspected to be containing drugs from a boat that arrived in L. Maamendhoo.

Police said the drugs were seized during an operation conducted based on a tip received to Counter Narcotic Intelligence informing of an attempt to traffic drugs into Maamendhoo via a boat en route to the island.

According to the Police, they discovered 115 cellophane pieces suspected to be containing drugs inside a box aboard the boat during a search of the vessel upon arriving in Maamendhoo. The preliminary weight of the seized items was placed at 82 grams.

While no arrests have been made, the case is under further investigation by the Police.