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Maldives Police Service confirmed on Saturday that authorities are looking into a case involving the grooming, blackmail and sexual abuse of a minor in capital city Male'.
According to Police, reports of a missing child was reported at approximately 0537 hours on May 28. Authorities were able to locate the minor and apprehend a 24-year-old male, in a guesthouse at roughly 1308 hrs, the same day.
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