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Police arrest more suspects over Ensis robbery

Police have arrested another two suspects over the theft of MVR2 million from Ensis Fisheries Group.

The money, carried in cash, was robbed from two employees of Ensis at the reclaimed suburb Hulhumale on July 31.

Police had earlier arrested six suspects which included some staff of the company in connection to the robbery.

Police on Thursday said a 23 year old man and a 25 year old woman had been arrested from Hulhumale under an arrest warrant. Both suspects have since been remanded for five days.

Ensis confirms that two masked men on bike had robbed the company's employees when they came out of the office at Hulhumale' carrying the money. The fisheries company also claimed the CCTV cameras in the area would have caught the robbery.