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Drug Court of the Maldives
ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޑްރަގް ކޯޓު
Established	31 December 2011
Jurisdiction	Maldives
Location	Drug Court, Izzuddeen Magu, Malé, Maldives
Authorised by	People's Majlis via the Drug Act 2011
Appeals to	High Court
Judge term length	Life tenure
Number of positions	5 judges
Annual budget	MVR 3k[1]
Language	Dhivehi
Website	drugcourt.gov.mv
Chief Judge
Currently	Abdul Sattar Abdul Hameed
Since	2018
Chief Justice of the Maldives
Currently	Ahmed Muthasim Adnan
Since	8 December 2019

The Drug Court of the Maldives (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޑްރަގް ކޯޓު) is a drug court responsible to hear and dispose of criminal cases of drug dependent persons, and subject those persons to mandatory treatment and drug rehabilitation.^[2]

The Drug Court was established under Article 34(a) of the Drug Act 2011. It was created to handle drug-related offenses and to help provide an effective way of addressing drug problems in the archipelago. On 23 February 2012, the first judges of the court was sworn in and the court officially commenced operations on 28 June 2012.^[3]

The court currently consists of 5 judges:^[4]

• Abdul Sattar Abdul Hameed (Chief Judge)
• Mohamed Sameer
• Hussain Shahamath Maahiru
• Mohamed Naeem
• Adam Arif

There are 7 committees in the Drug Court:^[5]

• Harassment Committee
• Recreation Committee
• Whistleblower Committee
• Bid Committee
• Bid Evaluation Committee
• Review Committee
• Human Resources Development Committee