Minor arrested from Hoarafushi with huge cache of drugs

A minor has been arrested from H. A. Hoarafushi with a large quantity of narcotics.

Police report the minor’s residence was raided on October 1, in an operation based on a tip received by Police Intel. Officers discovered the cache of narcotics during the raid, and the minor was placed under arrest.

The operation was run by Hoarafushi Police Station as part of the large anti-drug campaign by the police.

The cache of narcotics included 150 rubber packets containing a suspected narcotic substance, and three bullet-size rubber packets.

Police report the minor has been remanded to custody in a place designated by Ministry of Home Affairs, by the Hoarafushi Magistrate Court.

The case in under investigation.