Police have arrested an individual accused of wide-scale illegal sale of alcohol in K. Maafushi. 

Nabeeh Abdul Rasheed, 23, of HDh. Kulhudhuffushi was arrested through an operation conducted by Maafushi Police in collaboration with Counter Narcotics Intelligence. 

Police said that a search of Nabeeh's residence in Maafushi uncovered 42 bottles of alcohol. 

At his remand hearing, the court ordered that Nabeeh be held in remand in custody for eight days. 

Police confirmed that investigations into the case is continuing. 

Police recently arrested a Maldivian and three Bangladeshi men in Male' as well for similar crimes after raiding office premises in H. Maadhooge.