Maldives customs seize over 9kg drugs
The passenger and the seized items have now been handed over to police for further investigation, customs said.
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Customs seized more than 9 kg of drugs smuggled into Maldives by air.
Customs said in a statement on Friday that the items were seized during an inspection of an air cargo shipment, a postal package and a passenger on a flight. They include:
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The shipment and postal package arrived on Wednesday
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The passenger arrived on Monday on SriLankan Airlines flight UL103; He is a 65-year-old Maldivian
Customs initially analysed the suspected drugs and found them positive for four types of drugs:
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349 grams of heroin seized from passenger on flight
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582 grams of cathinone from the package that came in the post
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5.2 kg of cannabis and 2.8 kg of ecstasy seized from air cargo shipment
The passenger and the seized items have now been handed over to police for further investigation, customs said.
