Man arrested for smuggling goods to Maldives fraudulently
"A search was conducted at his residence in the city in connection with the case," police said.
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Mohamed Muzayyin Nazim
A local has been arrested on charges of smuggling goods into the Maldives through fraudulent means, police said on Tuesday.
Police said in a message to the media that a 37-year-old man was arrested on a court order in connection with the case.
According to the police, he is accused of smuggling goods from foreign companies into the country and sending unverified Telegraphic Transfers (TTs) to them to pay for the property. He is also accused of fraudulently smuggling the property into the country and making profits by selling it in the country, police said.
"A search was conducted at his residence in the city in connection with the case," police said, referring to the case being probed by the economic offences department of the city police.
The police don't say when this happened and when he was arrested or the value of the goods he smuggled in.
