Maldives Police Service has said that the majority of the people arrested in connection with the robbery of the Faafu Atoll Magoodhoo, where safe was broken into, are from Male’ City.

Police today said that the nine suspects were arrested at sea on a dinghy reported stolen.

Earlier today, the Media Official of the Maldives Police Service said that nine people on a dinghy and a boat near Magoodhoo. The group consists of two men of the 23 and two men of 24 with men of the ages 26, 32, 33, 36 and 38.

Magoodhoo Island Council was robbed round 3:30 a.m. on the night of 30 June. The thieves went in after breaking the door and the safe was broken into to robbed the money inside according to the police.