An Indian nationwide arrested in reference to smuggling of 5 kg of medicine into the Maldives has been remanded in custody by the Criminal Court.

The 56-year-old Indian girl was apprehended by Maldives Customs Service final Wednesday after trafficking medication by way of Ethiopia to the Maldives. It is estimated that the road worth for the medication discovered hidden in her purse would quantity to MVR 9 Million (USD 586,000).

The accused was produce in courtroom on Thursday and remanded in police custody for 3 days and directed the police to nominate a translator for the subsequent listening to.

On Thursday, a Pakistani nationwide was apprehended by Maldives Customs Service with round 5kg of medicine, estimated at a avenue worth of MVR 6 million (over USD 390,000).

Recently, the Maldives Immigration, launched a regulation permitting the Immigration Controller the ability to deport foreigners who smuggle medication into the nation with out prosecution.