The Maafushi Police Officers arrested a child under the age of 18 with suspected illegal substance on 5th August 2011.
He was apprehended in a special operation carried out to seize illegal narcotics carried in ‘Handheygiri 2’ ferry travelling from Male’ to Maafushi on the 5th August 2011 on receiving information. Along with the suspect, police confiscated 15 packets of suspected illegal substance, 2 bullet size packets of suspected narcotics, 500 Maldivian Ruffiya, unaccounted for prescription drugs and a cell phone from the box dropped off by the ferry.
Upon investigation, it was stated that this box was dropped off on to the ferry by two unknown persons while the ferry was in Male’ docks and the child was caught in the act of transferring the box from the ferry when it docked at Maafushi. It is suspected that the box was to be dropped off at Maafushi prison.
Maafushi Police Station is further investigating this case.
