A man has been arrested with illegal drugs in Lhaviyani Naifaru.

The arrest was made at 7:25 a.m. yesterday during a special operation by the Naifaru Police Station. The 29-year-old suspect was arrested after being stopped and searched to find three rubber packets of suspected drugs in the under-seat compartment of his motorcycle.

He has now been remanded by eight days after being taken to the Naifaru Magistrate Court. Naifaru Police Station is investigating further.