China and America to gift drones to Maldives Customs Service

Maldives Customs Service has said today that they have decided to acquire a number of drones to assist in monitoring vessels entering the Maldives' border.

Commissioner General of Customs Yoosuf Maniu Mohamed said in today's meeting of the Parliament's Committee on Security Services (241 Committee) that to date, Customs has not had the resources to independently monitor vessels entering Maldives' territory.