In a joint operation run by Police and Immigration, five expatriates have been detained for running a large scale dollar selling business on the black market. They were seized along with large sums of money.
In a joint operation run by Police and Immigration, five expatriates have been detained for running a large scale dollar selling business on the black market. They were seized along with large sums of money.
Immigration said that hundreds of thousands in cash has been seized from these individuals in the special operation run today in response to intelligence received by their Task Force. In addition to the cash, a large number of debit and credit cards were also found in their possession.
The exact amount of funds seized in this operation has not been disclosed yet.
Photos released by Immigration show large numbers of US dollars, other foreign currencies, and Maldivian rufiya notes in high denominations amongst the seized cash.
Immigration said that the matter is being further investigated, adding that more information would be disclosed in due course.
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