Two arrested over MIFCO van robbery
Masked men stole MVR2 million from the MIFCO van last Wednesday.
24 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of MVR2 million (US$129,700) from employees of the state-owned Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company last week.
Two male suspects aged 19 and 23 were arrested on Saturday, police said. The criminal court has since remanded the 19-year-old to 15 days in custody and the second suspect is due to be taken to court on Sunday.
The money was stolen after a group of helmeted and masked men on motorbikes stopped a MIFCO van on Malé’s outer ring road around 3pm last Wednesday.
A driver and two MIFCO employees had been heading to the airport with money owed to fishermen, a MIFCO official told Raajje.
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