Man arrested from Hulhumale’ with 33 liquor bottles

Maldives Police Service has arrested a suspect in possession of a large quantity of liquor bottles in an operation in Hulhumale’.

The joint operation between Hulhumale’ Police Station, Special Operations, and Police Intelligence was conducted last Friday.

MPS says it arrested one suspect in the operation, identified as a 20-year-old male.

The operation was run based on intel of plans to traffic liquor to Hulhumale’ from a safari.

33 bottles, believed to hold liquor, were found inside the car the suspect was driving, says MPS.

The case is under further investigation by the Hulhumale’ Police Station.