Police have arrested a man for threatening to hijack a plane from national carrier Maldivian.
Police said that they had received such a complaint last night and that a man had allegedly threatened to hijack a Maldivian flight bound to Male' from Fuvamulah city.
Police said today that the man was arrested today and that the suspect under custody is a 34-year-old local man.
They said that the man was arrested under a court order.
Police added that they are still investigating the incident.
Security agencies remain vigilant of any threats to the country's security after the failed assassination attempt against the Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed earlier this year.
Earlier this week, MNDF's bomb Squad was deployed to the Ministry of Tourism in the Velaanage building after the office received a mysterious package.
MNDF soldiers had cleared the package as harmless but warned government offices not to accept such mysterious packages from unknown senders.
