The operation commenced by the security services on December 24, 2019, that saw MNDF’s alert level raised to “Yellow alert 2” has been concluded.
MNDF announced that the operation was concluded at 6:00 in a news statement today. The “Yellow alert 2” is one category higher than the MNDF’s normal alert levels and the armed forces stated that the level was increased as a precaution and was not regarding a particular threat.
Armed soldiers patrolled Male’ city as well as islands within the country. Soldiers also inspected seagoing vessels and security at Velana International Airport was also strengthened. MNDF stated that the operation was a very successful one.