Authorities in the Maldives have released a Brazilian woman who was arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into the country via Velaana International Airport.
Officials in the Maldives had arrested two Brazilians for attempting to smuggle narcotics into the country earlier this month.
The suspects were identified as 28-year-old Cristiano Silva and 37-year-old Nairu Nuenez Desouza.
Silva was arrested after suspicious behavior and authorities nabbed 18.8kg of narcotics from his luggage. Desouza was identified as his travel companion and subsequently arrested too.
At court, Desouza had said that she was unaware that Silva had concealed narcotics in his luggage and Silva also agreed that Desouza was unaware of his deception at court.
Silva had also said that he was under the influence when he came to the Maldives and that the luggage in which the drugs were found was not his.
Silva conceded that he had agreed that the luggage was his at the airport but he was coerced into agreeing to its ownership.
The 18.8 kg of narcotics nabbed from his luggage is roughly worth MVR 94 million.
