Five Sri Lankans arrested in MVR 1bn drug case remanded

1 week ago

The five Sri Lankan citizens who were arrested on Sunday after Maldivian authorities found over 400 kilos of drugs on a fishing boat that they were travelling on have been remanded in a custodial jail for 30 days. The Sri Lankan fishing boat ‘Ashenfutha’ was tracked and captured by the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) Coast Guard at around 12:45 am