A search operation has begun at Maafushi Prison by Maldives Correctional Service and Maldives Police Service, after an alleged break in.

Police noted that prison officers and police are working together in the search operation at the prison.

While rumors claim that some prisoners have escaped, police quoted MCS saying that no prisoners were missing.

Commissioner of Prisons Ahmed Mohamed confirmed in a tweet that a break in had happened at the Prison tonight, and added that no prisoners have escaped yet. He also noted that the prison has been brought under an emergency protocol.

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