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Drug Bust in the Maldives
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Drug Enforcement Unit (Maldives Police) with the coordination from DEA (US), ANF (Pakistan) and PNB (Srilankan Police) have busted a ring of people involved in smuggling heroin (7.8Kg) to Maldives via Pakistan. This was the largest heroin bust in Maldives.
Article: Police seize 7.8 kg heroin (Miadhu News, Male, 04 July 2007)
Article: USD 2.7 million worth of drugs seized (Haveeru Daily, Male, 04 July 2007)
Article: In a special operation police has seized 7.8 kilogram heroin with a street value of 2.7 million US dollars. (Maldives Police Service, Male, 03 July 2007)
