Group of robbers arrested in the Hiyaa area
There are more than 28,000 people living in Hiyaa flats and there are occasional crime sprees in the neighbourhood.
A group of Hiyaa residents have apprehended a group of robbers operating in the Hiyaa area and handed them over to the police.
Police on Tuesday told the media that they received a tip-off that the public had held a group of people that had robbed a man Hiyaa Tower-1 on Monday evening.
Police said the suspects had also robbed another person from the Hiyaa area
Police arrested four people following the incident. They are:
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All Maldivian men
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They are, two 32-year-olds, a 36-year-old and a 45-year-old
There are more than 28,000 people living in Hiyaa flats and there are occasional crime sprees in the neighbourhood. Thefts, drug trafficking and abuse cases spike from time to time and such complaints increase.
Recently, there has been a case of men being taken to a Hiyaa flat and blackmailed to extort money from them.
