Young man arrested from Maafushi with 42 bottles of alcohol

A young man was arrested from K. Maafushi on Friday with over 40 bottles of alcohol.

The police said on Monday that Nabeeh Abdul Rasheed, 23, Sameydhaan, HDh. Kulhudhuffushi, is suspected of large-scale distribution of alcohol in Maafushi.

He was arrested in a joint operation by the Counter-Narcotics Intelligence and Maafushi Police on Friday.

A search of his residence in Maafushi led to the seizure of 42 bottles of alcohol.

Nabeeh was presented at court for his remand hearing on Saturday. According to the police, the court ordered for him to be remanded in custody for eight days.

The case is under further investigation by the police.

The latest arrest comes a week after the police seized over 800 bottles in a raid in Male’. The two-day raid launched on October 11, which the police said targeted a large-scale alcohol distribution network in the capital, led to the arrest of four suspects, a Maldivian man believed to be the ringleader and three Bangladeshi nationals.