Four foreigners arrested for the illegal purchase and trade of US Dollars have been deported to their country.
Authorities in the Maldives had deported Rabeeullah, Mohamed Firudhos, Mohamed Iqbal Hosain, and Sohail and have identified them all as Bangladeshi nationals.
It has been reported that all four were deported back to Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on the 10th of this month.
Rabeeullah and Mohamed Firudhos were arrested on the 28th of last month and while Rabeeullah was remanded in custody for 10 days, Firudhos was given a remand of 15 days.
Court records show that the police has accused Rabeeullah of using registered companies to purchase and sell US Dollar on the black market. Police had said that the suspect had carried out massive transactions through his own bank account and had stated that he be kept under custody as he might escape from the police. Police had also indicated that Rabeeullah was one of the leaders of an illegal dollar trade network.
Meanwhile, court documents show that Firudhos was the architect of a network that facilitates illegal dollar trade and had been accused of making telegraph transactions to send money abroad.
Earlier this month Police had arrested 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 have said that the pair had been using illegal documents to aid in their illegal dollar sale operations.
