The Apollo shop in Hithadhoo, Addu City, has been broken into and the store safe has been stolen.

Maldives Police Service has that the robbery last night had the store locks broken and the theft was reported this morning at 6:22 a.m.

The safe is reported to have contained USD 1,200 and MVR 27,704. The safe has now been found, it was found discarded after the contents were emptied according to the police.

While no arrests have been made so far, police are investigating further.