Alleged warehouse arson; 2 people arrested
No one was injured in either of the fire incidents.
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By
Aishath Fareeha Abdulla
Witnesses have alleged that two persons set fire to a warehouse at the House Plaza in Male Wednesday morning.
The fire that burned down the warehouse near the SHE Building has been extinguished.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of arson.
Eyewitnesses said that it was a drug joint for drug traffickers and that they had seen the two accused men run out of the building.
The property was also set on fire on Tuesday night, a source in the area said.
No one was injured in either of the fire incidents.
Curiously, a shop in the city also caught fire in the wee hours of Wednesday. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Fifteen motorcycles were also burnt down in the shop incident.
