Authorities have arrested yet another female while attempting to smuggle narcotics and SIM cards inside Maafushi penitentiary.
The unnamed offender is aged 36 according to Maldives Police Service.
Maldives Police has confirmed they had arrested the individual through an operation carried out on April 28; which was preceded by an intelligence report regarding the attempt.
The female offender was arrested while trying to smuggle the items inside Maafushi penitentiary premises.
Police discovered a total of six-packets; three-small and three-large containing items believed to narcotic substances along with 90 'bullets' of illicit pharmaceutical drugs and 17 mobile phone SIM cards.
Another female culprit was apprehended in possession of narcotic substances near the vicinity of Maafushi jail along the other unnamed offender.
