Maldives Police Service has arrested a young man with a large quantity of narcotics from Hithadhoo, Addu City.
MPS says the man was arrested at 4:44 pm last Wednesday from near the Eedhigalikilhi in Hithadhoo in an operation run by the Hithadhoo Police Station.
The operation was run based on an intelligence report received by MPS.
MPS says four rubber packets containing what is believed to be narcotics was found on his person during the body search after his arrest.