Police have arrested one of the men involved in the serious accident in Hulhumale' caused by three people on a stolen motorcycle driving the wrong way on a one-way street. 

The man was arrested after he was discharged from hospital following treatment for injuries sustained in the accident. 

Police identified the man as Mohamed Saif, 27, of Irumatheege, L. Maamendhoo, who had been one of the three people on the stolen motorcycle which had been involved in the October 7 accident on Nirolhu Magu, Hulhumale'. 

Saif was arrested last Saturday, according to police, following his discharge from hospital. 

He was presented at the Criminal Court, which ordered that he be held in remand in custody for 7 days. 

Saif has a prior record of 13 offences of driving without a license, road worthiness, insurance and annual fee, as well as driving while using the phone, Police revealed. 

The stolen motorcycle with three people on it had been speeding in the wrong direction on a one-way street when it crashed into another motorcycle which was driving legally. The second motorcycle had two members of the same family on it, with one of them sustaining a critical brain bleed in the accident. The accident caused serious facial injuries to the other victim.