Local TikToker Mohamed Nabeel (Yaya Nabeel).
Local TikToker Mohamed Nabeel (Yaya Nabeel), G. Kamaraa, Male', has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of drug trafficking.
Nabeel is one of the two individuals charged in connection to the case, with the other being Adam Mohamed, Bichaana, HDh. Kulhudhuffushi.
Both of them were charged after they were arrested from a room inside Ma. Bright Blue on October 31, 2017, while in possession of drugs during an operation carried out based on a tip received to Police, informing usage and sale of drugs at the location.
The charge sheet detailed that 20.7 grams of cannabis were discovered inside an empty film canister kept on a side table inside the room alongside two scales used to weigh drugs which were discovered inside a drawer in a dressing table.
Apart from this, 31 grams of diamorphine and 342.8 grams of cannabis were discovered inside Nabeel’s room at G. Kamaaraa.
Judge Mohamed Misbah, who heard the case, convicted both individuals of drug trafficking charges and sentenced them to life in prison alongside an MVR 100,000 fine each.
Nabeel has previously been jailed for production of pornography after he posted nude TikToks.
Nabeel had been arrested on multiple occasions in similar cases.