Increase in burglaries prompts police warning
14 Oct 2013, 1:24 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police have issued a notice of warning to all residents of Male’ to secure their houses and property when leaving to islands for Eid holidays.
33 cases of burglaries have been reported in the past 48 hours.
The normally crowded streets of Male’ are becoming less crowded as people have started going back to their islands for the upcoming Eid Al Adha as well as the presidential election, scheduled for this coming Saturday (October 19).
In the statement issued by police station Inspector Ismail Ali, he said the police are doing extra work to patrol the streets of Male’ and trying to determine suspicious activities through intelligence reports in order to stop burglaries before they occur.
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