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A man has been arrested on suspicion of unlawfully detaining an 18-year-old woman in a house in Malé’s Maafannu ward and assaulting her on Tuesday night. Police said on Thursday that Ahmed Ahil Munaz, 19, of H. Four Seasons, was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the incident. The...
Police are investigating a case involving the alleged sexual harassment of two girls. The case was reported on Sunday, according to police. It is understood that a soldier is the accused in the case. The allegations include: Police said the suspect has not been arrested and the investigation is...
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President Mohamed Muizzu has said no gang has been identified under the Gang Crimes Prevention Act, as no group operating in the Maldives meets the criteria set out in the law. The Act, which came into force on 25 August, allows the Prosecutor General to request the court to declare a group an...
A total of 54 road accidents occurred in Male' and the Sinamale' Bridge last week, injuring eight people, according to police. Police shared details of the incidents that occurred between Tuesday and Sunday, noting that 47 of the accidents took place in Male' and seven on the Sinamale'...
Sixteen people have been arrested in connection with an attempt to smuggle drugs by sea, police said on Friday. The arrests were made during an operation carried out in Gaafu Alif Atoll and Gaafu Dhaal Atoll between 2 and 13 of this month following intelligence reports that a large quantity of...
Sixty-six expatriate workers were arrested in a joint operation carried out by police and Maldives Immigration on Wednesday. Police said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to identify and deport immigrants without valid visas. According to Maldives Immigration, a total of 347 foreigners...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has not been influenced by the government, and public doubts about its independence may arise due to the pace of investigations, ACC Chairperson Adam Shamil said Wednesday. Shamil made the statement while responding to a question from a member of the...
The Criminal Court has rejected the defense argument of former Football Association of Maldives (FAM) president Bassam Adeel Jaleel, who claimed his case could not proceed without FIFA’s permission. Bassam, currently serving a nine-year prison sentence, four years for embezzlement of FAM funds and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said that the state should have received about MVR 80 million last year from cases involving corruption. ACC members were summoned before the Parliamentary Budget Review Committee on Wednesday to discuss the proposed budget allocation for the commission in...
The Maldives Police Service has amended its procedural rules to specify that individuals arrested by police officers may be held in handcuffs for a maximum of one hour. The amendments were published in the Government Gazette on Monday as part of updates to the Rules of Procedure for the...
All individuals arrested in connection with the possession of a large quantity of drugs on board a Sri Lankan fishing vessel intercepted by the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Air Corps have been remanded in custody pending trial. The vessel was seized during a surveillance operation...