Cigarettes and vapes worth MVR 7M seized from Male’

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Police have seized cigarettes and vaping devices worth over MVR 7 million from the Maldivian capital this year in operations conducted to enforce new anti-smoking laws. Maldives introduced amendments to the Tobacco Control Act in 2024, prohibiting the import of vaping devices and e-cigarettes in November, and expanding the restriction in December to cover the sale, free distribution, and use of