A search has been conducted at a residential house in the Maafannu district in Male’ City and a woman has been arrested with drugs.

Maldives Police Service said that the following information received regarding the trade of drug, the Drug Enforcement Department of the police conducted a special operation yesterday around 12:45 p.m. where a 30-year-old woman was arrested with drugs at a house in Maafannu.

Police said that when the house was searched her residence with a court order, they found two bullets, a balloon, plastic packet, four rubber packets and a hand-rolled cigarette all containing suspected drugs.

Drugs found include 75 grams of heroin and 17 grams of cannabis (in their initial weighing) according to the police.

The case is investigated further.