Police discover over 14,000 cans of beer in water near Male’
06 Jun 2013, 3:58 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Marine Police and Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) officers were today collecting thousands of cans of beer found floating in the sea on the west side of Male’.
According to the statement issued by police, so far 14,548 cans of beer have been taken from the sea, with more continuing to be found.
Police initially received a report yesterday afternoon at 1:00pm that a dhoni named ‘Azum’ had tipped off balance near Male’, and some beer cases on the vessel had fallen into the sea.
However, a police media official later told media that the earlier statement was a mistake, and said police have been unable to determine the owner of the beer cans or how they were lost.
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