The two expatriates wanted for the illegal sale and trade of USD has surrendered to the police.

Police said that the two had gone to the police on their own and the police had now arrested both the foreigners. Police added that they were now further investigating the matter.

Police had announced yesterday that they were searching for two foreigners who were involved in the illegal sale and trade of USD in the Maldives and that both of them had been sending money abroad too.

Police had also said that the two expatriates had been using illegal documents to aid in their dollar sale operations.

Authorities had identified the two suspects as Mohamed Iqbal Hossain (Passport number EE0669802) and Shohel ( Passport number: BC0463544).

Police had arrested two kingpins of the black market dollar trade last week.