4 Bangladeshis arrested over 6.75kg drug smuggling case
The court ordered MD Mizannur Rahman to be remanded in custody until the conclusion of his trial. The remaining three were remanded in custody for 15 days.
Police have arrested four Bangladeshi nationals in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle 6.75 kilogrammes of drugs into the Maldives through an air freight shipment.
The arrests followed the seizure of synthetic cathinone by Maldives Customs Service at Velana International Airport on 24 September.
Customs said the drugs were discovered during an inspection of an imported air freight consignment after officers suspected that narcotics had been concealed in the shipment.
Police announced on Monday that four suspects had been arrested during a controlled delivery operation conducted following information received from Customs about a consignment containing 6.75 kilogrammes of drugs.
The operation was carried out jointly by the Drug Enforcement and Counter Narcotics Intelligence departments of Maldives Police Service and Maldives Customs Service.
Police said the suspects were arrested in connection with allegations of drug smuggling, possession, use and trafficking.
The four suspects have been identified as:
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MD Jihad Bin Arif, 20
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MD Mizannur Rahman, 41
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Mirza Al Amin, 30
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MD Arman Ali, 21
All four are Bangladeshi nationals.
The suspects were subsequently presented before a court for decisions on their detention.
The court ordered MD Mizannur Rahman to be remanded in custody until the conclusion of his trial.
The remaining three suspects were remanded in custody for 15 days each.
The arrests follow the interception of an air freight shipment at Velana International Airport containing synthetic cathinone, a type of synthetic stimulant drug.
The case remains under police investigation.
