Authorities have arrested three individuals with 24 liquor bottles in Vaavu atoll Bodumohoraa.
Maldives Police Service shared a message with local media, confirming the three were arrested in possession of liquor bottles from a joint operation by Police Drug Enforcement and Intelligence departments.
Authorities arrested two local men and a foreigner in the case. They have been identified as:
With all 24 liquor bottles now confiscated, police added they are now investigating the case.
Bodumohoraa has been leased by the government for tourist resort development.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of drug- and liquor-related arrests in the Maldives recently.
Local authorities have also begun publicly releasing the identities of suspects arrested in such cases in a bid to curtail such criminal offenses.