Maldives Police Service arrested two suspects and seized dozens of packets of suspected narcotics during a targeted counter-narcotics operation in Raa Dhuvaafaru on November 4.
The joint raid was conducted by the Dhuvaafaru Police Station alongside Counter Narcotics Intelligence, following allegations of illicit drug trafficking and consumption on the island.
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Acting under a court-issued search warrant, officers searched a residential property in Dhuvaafaru and discovered 65 cellophane packets containing substances suspected to be illicit narcotics.
Authorities identified the suspects as Haajara Maaisa Ali, 26, and Abdulla Ali, 33.
After their arrests, authorities presented both individuals before the magistrate’s court for remand hearings. The court ordered Maaisa Ali to be remanded in custody for seven days and Abdulla Ali for 15 days.
The Maldives Police Service confirmed that a full investigation into the case is ongoing.
ދުވާފަރު ފުލުހުންނާއި ކައުންޓަރ ނާކޮޓިކްސް އިންޓެލިޖެންސް ގުޅިގެން ހިންގި އެ އޮޕަރޭޝަނަކީ ދުވާފަރުގައި މަސްތުވާތަކެތީގެ ވިޔަފާރިކޮށް އަދި މަސްތުވާތަކެތި ބޭނުންކުރާކަމަށް ތުހުމަތުކުރެވޭ މައްސަލައާ ގުޅިގެން ހިންގި އޮޕަރޭޝަނެކެވެ. ⭕ އިތުރު ތަފުސީލު: https://t.co/QLDsouDMa6 https://t.co/ppnQa5aAAf— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) November 8, 2026
