A 27-year-old Indian man has been arrested for attempting to smuggle a significant amount of dollars out of the Maldives by falsifying his name in his passport.
The man, identified in the arrest warrant report as Abdul Ragoub Nistar Haleem Rahman, is suspected of money laundering. The man, who frequently visits the Maldives and departs the next day, was detained by customs officers during his latest attempt. The name on his passport is different to the name on his arrest warrant.
At his remand hearing, the court remanded him in custody for five days. The exact amount of money he attempted to smuggle out was not disclosed.
In a similar case, a Bangladeshi man was arrested last month for trying to smuggle about $80,000 out of the country.
An Immigration Officer questioning an individual
