Four to be prosecuted for drug dealing

The police have forwarded cases against four individuals, accused of drug dealing, to the Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office.

The suspects are Ahmed Shafeeg, 36; Moosa Ibrahim, 54; Ashraf Yoosuf, 36; and Ibrahim Shifaz Yoosuf, 34.

The police said that the four men were charged after police found large amounts of drugs in a room in Galolhu Mialaniaage during an operation in August 2013.

The police checked Mialaniaage under a court warrant, and found plastic packets containing about 500 grams of substances suspected to be drugs, and equipment used in drug use.

The police said that Moosa Ibrahim was arrested during the police operation, while he was leaving Mialaniaage carrying some of the plastic packets, and the other three suspects were arrested in a room in Mialaniaage.

The police investigation was completed and the case was sent to the PG Office on 27 November 2013.