Four Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly to smuggle 6.75kg of drugs into Maldives through an airfreight shipment.

Maldives Customs said yesterday that the drugs were seized after being concealed in a shipment and sent to the Maldives by air.

The suspects have been identified as Mirza Al Amin, MD Mizahnoor Rahman, MD Jihad bin Arif and MD Arman Ali.

The four were produced before the Criminal Court yesterday for remand decisions. MD Mizahnoor Rahman was remanded in custody until the end of the trial.

According to the arrest warrant, the suspects were arrested during a controlled delivery operation conducted by the police.

They are charged with smuggling drugs into the Maldives and drug trafficking. Under the current Drugs Act, drug trafficking carries the death penalty upon conviction.