Police are investigating the theft of more than MVR500,000 from the safe at the Faafu atoll council office in Nilandhoo today.
The robbery was reported to police at 7:56am this morning, according to police media. The thieves are believed to have broken the safe after entering the atoll council office through a window.
Police are currently trying to locate a suspect while investigation and forensic teams from the Nilandhoo and Dhaal Kudahuvadhoo police stations are active in the island.
