Police recover over MVR 100,000 stolen from motorcycle

Police have recovered over MVR 100,000 stolen from the trunk of a motorcycle in Male’ City. 

A police spokesperson told Sun on Thursday evening that the stolen cash was recovered from a property linked to the suspect arrested in the case. 

The theft took place at approximately 09:40 am on Monday while the motorcycle had been parked on Kashimaa Hingun. 

Police arrested a 27-year-old male in connection to the case. 

He was presented before the Criminal Court for his remand hearing on Thursday. 

The court remanded him to custody of police for 15 days. 

The theft was caught on CCTV. The footage shows a man wearing a brown t-shirt sitting on the motorcycle for some time. The man opens the trunk, and empties the cash into a bag. He was not wearing a mask when he fled with the cash.