Two people have been arrested for traveling to Kulhudhuffushi City from Has Dhaalu Atoll Kurinbi on a canoe during the health emergency lock down.

Maldives Police Service said that they arrested two local men of the ages 21 and 28 and they traveled to Kulhudhuffushi City last night and was arrested at the airport area in the city around 11:30 p.m.

Previously two men traveled to Kulhudhuffushi City on a canoe from Nolhivaram before being arrested for traveling between islands without a permit during a national health emergency lock down.