Mohamed Rashwan Abbas has been remanded for 15 additional days in the case where he is being accused of leading an alcohol supply network to Male'.

The bottles were stored in an office at H. Maadhooge before being distributed. The accused, Mohamed Rashwan Abbas, 53, of H. Karoage, was arrested in October.

His second remand period expired and was brought to the Criminal Court yesterday, where another 15-day remand was ordered. It is set to expire on 28th November.

The court stated Rashwan was arrested as he was deemed a danger to society.

The prosecution told the court that Rashwan was running a large scale liquor sales operation, using expatriates as fronts. However, the defence sought his release, arguing that the offence was minor and that he had already been in detention for a reasonable period.

A previous court order order reads that the police found multiple bottles that were suspected to have alcohol in them. The order also reads that certain people had access to the office where the bottles were found which had a custom shelf rack to store the alcohol, and that Rashwan had access to the space.

Bangladeshi nationals Al Ameen, 34, Polin, 43, and MD Rakib Hossen, 25, were also arrested in connection with the case. Alcohol was stored on two floors of Maadhooge before being distributed.

They were brought before the court last month for their remand hearing, where they claimed they had sold alcohol under coercion from Rashwan.

However, the court order reads that Rashwan denied all allegations against him.

A court authorized search of the two floors of Maadhooge uncovered 826 bottles of alcohol.