A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Vice President Faisal Naseem has held extensive discussions on Thursday, proposing solutions that would improve rehabilitation services provided to detainees who are victims of narcotics abuse. The aim of the discussion, held at the President’s Office, was to find ways to address the major challenges presently confronting this system. Speaking at the meeting, the Vice […]
2020 has been a productive year for the Police administration in the Maldives with successful major drug busts and criminal investigations. Last Tuesday, Maldives Police Service arrested 10 people and seized 71kg of illegal narcotics in Male’ city. This is one of the biggest drug busts conducted in the capital. Similarly, in April 2020, Maldives […]
Drug abuse is considered the root of several societal ills, and yet, more and more criminals are being allowed to roam free in our country. The government’s leniency when it comes to dealing with such cases is alarming, to say the least. Recently, public outrage was sparked by news of a convicted drug smuggler released […]
Environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, speaks to reporters. PHOTO/SUN ONLINE The environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, and former commissioner of prisons, Moosa Azim, are under probe for illegally sending off Ibrahim “Safa” Shafaaz Abdulla to Sri Lanka while he was imprisoned for a drug case. The Criminal Court is investigating the […]