Man Arrested in Maafushi with 42 Bottles of Alcohol

Maldives Police Service arrested a 23-year-old man in Kaafu Maafushi on 16 October following a joint operation targeting illegal alcohol sales on the island.

The suspect, identified as Nabeeh Abdul Rasheed from Haa Dhaalu Kulhudhuffushi, was apprehended under a court order by Counter Narcotics Intelligence and Maafushi Police. A search of his residence on the island led to the discovery and seizure of 42 bottles of alcohol.

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Following his arrest, the suspect was presented before the court for a remand hearing, where he was ordered to be detained for eight days.

Police stated that the investigation into the matter remains ongoing.

The operation in Maafushi follows a major crackdown in the capital recently, where police dismantled an illegal alcohol distribution network on 13 October. 

In that operation, police arrested a 53-year-old Maldivian man alongside three Bangladeshi nationals and seized 826 bottles of liquor from a residence in the Henveiru ward of Malé and connected storage locations. Two of the suspects were remanded in custody for 15 days, while the other two received five-day remands.

ކޯޓު އަމުރެއްގެ ދަށުން، ސަމޭދާން / ހދ. ކުޅުދުއްފުށި، ނަބީހު ޢަބްދުއްރަޝީދު (23އ) ހައްޔަރުކޮށް، މާފުށީގައި އޭނާ ދިރިއުޅެމުންދިޔަ ގެ ބަލައިފާސްކުރިއިރު 42 ފުޅި ބަނގުރާ ފެނިފައިވެއެވެ. ⭕ އިތުރު ތަފުސީލު: https://t.co/Pwo4D9uXd0 https://t.co/J6s8KsvpE9— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) October 19, 2026