Police conducted a major anti-drug operation over the past three days and seized drugs worth MVR 22 million from various streets of Male'.
Home Minister Ali Ihusan said in a post on X that the operation was conducted jointly with Customs based on intelligence information received by both agencies.
"In the past 72 hours, [police] and [Customs] have conducted multiple intelligence-led counter-narcotics operations and seized over 16.69kg of drugs with street value of MVR 21.6 million," Minister Ihusan wrote on his official X account.
The government was aiming for a drug-free Maldives under President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu's leadership, the minister said.
