Three foreigners have been arrested with alcohol bottles in two operations conducted by the police.
The first operation was conducted on December 28 following intelligence reports that alcohol was being smuggled into Male'.
Police said a 26-year-old Bangladeshi man and a 21-year-old Indian man were arrested from a cafe in Hulhumale'. Seven bottles of liquor and 72 bottles of beer were recovered from the cafe.
The second operation was conducted on December 29.
A 42-year-old Bangladeshi man was arrested with 34 bottles of liquor in a raid conducted on a house in Male'.
The suspects were granted conditional release by the court. They have now been handed over to Immigration, police said.
