Maldives Police Service has arrested three people for setting fire to a police motorcycle in Gaafu Dhaalu Thinadhoo.

Police said that they arrested three men of the ages 26, 22 and 18 in connection to the fire set on a police motorcycle at 8:55 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The 26-year-old man suspected of the crime was arrested yesterday with a court order while the other two were arrested today.

Police said that the vehicle in question was taken from a parking zone to a beach on the west side of the island and the fire damaged the vehicle beyond use.

The case is being investigated further by the police.