In their efforts against illegal narcotics, the Gaafu Dhaalu Thinadhoo has arrested an individual with drugs in a special operation.

Maldives Police Service said that they arrested a 45-year-old local man. Police said that the arrest was made at Kaadehdhoo Airport in a joint operation this morning by Police Intelligence and Thinadhoo Police Station following a report to Police Intelligence about a man smuggling drugs on a flight to Kaadehdhoo.

The suspect was stopped at the airport, taken into police custody and searched to find five capsules and a clear plastic pack along with two clear cellophane pieces containing suspected drugs.

The Gaafu Dhaalu Thinadhoo Police Station is investigating further.