| DATE: 2007-11-05 |
MALE, November 5, 2007 (Haveeru News Service) -- Three people have been arrested in Meemu atoll on drugs related charges, the Maldives Police Service has said.
A Police official from the Meemu atoll Police Station said yesterday that a man from Mulee was arrested last Thursday when Police searched him and found packets believed to contain narcotics on him. When the Police searched his room they also found nine paper packets containing what is believed to be narcotics inside a shirt pocket.
The other two who were arrested also Mulee residents and were arrested while in Naalaafushi. Police said that they were under the influence of narcotic drugs at the time of arrest. They were arrested last Friday night after Police received reports that the two were harassing the residents of the island while under the influence of narcotic drugs, Police said. Police also said that they had resisted arrest and tried to obstruct the Police officers in the performance of their duties.
Police did not reveal the identities of the three but said that they were between 21 and 25 years of age.
Mulee Police Station said that 27 people had been arrested in Meemu atoll since the beginning of the year and that most of them were residents of Mulee.
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