A man has been found dead on a landing craft.

An official of the Maldives Police Service told One Online that the discovery on board a landing craft docked at Laamu atoll Maavah was reported at 3 a.m. this morning.

The official said that the death was a natural one and the deceased is a 59-year-old local man.

Talking to One Online, Member of the Maavah Island Council, Adam Abdul Rahman, said that the landing craft was docked off the island as part of its work in the region and three people from the island works on it.

He said that the body of the deceased was not taken off the vessel when it left.

Assistant Director of Baa Atoll Eydhafushi Island Council, Niuma Ahmed said that the deceased discovered on a landing craft last night is 59-year-old Ahmed Naseem.