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Woman caught smuggling drugs into Maafushi Prison

Nafaahath Ibrahim
16 July 2018, MVT 14:03
Nafaahath Ibrahim
16 July 2018, MVT 14:03

A 31-year-old woman was arrested while attempting to smuggle drugs into Maafushi Prison on Sunday.

The police stated that the woman was arrested after a special operation conducted after they received intelligence of possible drug smuggling.

Maafushi's Magistrate Court has added 13 days to her remand.

The police found three rubber packets on her at the time of arrest, which were suspected to contain unspecified drugs.

The police had caught a minor who was also attempting to smuggle drugs. The boy was captured under a similar operation at Kaafu Atoll Himmafushi's "Asseyri Prison".

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