Police have seized 53 bottles of alcohol after locating and searching a car that refused to stop as ordered.
Two people were arrested in the operation conducted jointly by the airport police and the Hulhumalé phase one police station, according to the police.
The suspects in custody include a 56-year-old Maldivian man and an expatriate man, police said.
"The operation on December 21 was conducted to search for a car that traveled from the Velana International Airport and refused to stop when ordered by the airport police," police informed the media.
During the operation, when the car was stopped and searched at the Reethigas Magu in Hulhumalé phase one, 53 liquor bottles were found inside, police said.
When the suspects were taken for extension of detention, the Hulhumalé magistrate court remanded the Maldivian man for three days and the foreigner to 10 days in custody, police said.
The case is under investigation by the Hulhumalé phase one police station.
