More arrests as police recover MVR14m stolen from Villigili bank
A Bangladeshi man and three local men were taken into custody.
21 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
Four more suspects have been arrested after police recovered MVR14 million (US$908,000) stolen from the Bank of Maldives branch in Gaaf Alif Villigili island.
A Bangladeshi man and three local men were taken into custody Tuesday with arrest warrants, police informed the media.
Earlier on Tuesday, the island’s magistrate court extended the detention of seven men arrested the previous day. Five suspects were remanded for 15 days and two suspects to seven days in police custody.
Police declined to reveal the identities of the suspects.
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