Police have arrested a foreigner in connection with the case of the stolen cigarette containers carrying more than 13.6 million cigarettes.
They said that they had arrested a 36-year-old Bangladeshi national named Almin Mia.
Police said that he was arrested last Wednesday and that the Criminal Court has remanded him in custody till the end of his trial.
With his arrest, the Police have now apprehended a total of 10 people in the case, and they said that the investigation is still ongoing.
The containers were stolen while under the watch of Maldives Ports Limited, after Maldives Customs Services had seized them upon their illegal importation into the country.
Initial investigations revealed that officials from customs were involved in the heist of the containers that were at the MPL Warehouse in the Hulhumale' Port.
