Court gives five days

Criminal Court has given five days of detention for the four people arrested from two houses in Male’ on suspicion of possession of hash oil.

Police said that the four people were arrested late last night during searches conducted on two houses in Maafannu, under search warrants issued by the court; and Criminal Court has approved their detention till Saturday.

Police has said that the four people they arrested with this case were all Maldivians and they are a 20-year-old woman, and three men aged 31, 34 and 37.

About 2 kilograms of hash oil were found in the houses, and the case is under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Department, said police.