The Six Drug lords

Four years and years we have faced with the growing concern of drug abuse in the Maldives. Under the rule of the so called notorious dictator Gayoom and his chief torturer Adam Zahir there was wide spread accusations that the state is behind the huge imports of narcotics into the Maldives.

It is with great expectations of the people that the old guard was got ridden of and the new government was put in place. One was to stop the inflow of narcotics and to establish mechanisms that will enable the arrest and prosecution of the drug lords of Maldives.

During the run up to the last parliamentary elections we heard about six drug lords of whom the Police had ample evidence to prosecute them. The reasons, as stated by the President himself was that the current Administration do not wish to influence the elections as some among the six well know drug lords to this administration was some who were running for the parliament. The President also stressed that just after the elections these drug lords will be arrested.

There was wide spread speculations that among the aforesaid six there will definitely be Gayoom’s brother Yaamin. And several others were finger pointed at.

So, a month after the elections, where are these six drug lords. They are still taking lives of so many youth in Maldives. A lot of parents are still left out to grieve. We still live in constant fear of gang violence that the Police relate to drug dealings and drug abuse.

I believe it is time to the President to speed up this operation and arrest those responsible for the inflow of narcotics into the country. Or like Gayoom is Nasheed’s hands tied as well. We are yet to find out.