Committee meeting closed in cigarette smuggling case

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The press was barred from a meeting of the Parliament’s Security Services Committee (241 Committee) on Wednesday, in which Homeland Security Minister Ali Ihusan and Commissioner General of Customs Fathimath Dhiyana were summoned for questioning in a recent cigarette smuggling case. On October 25, authorities raided the K. Thilafushi boatyard of The Hawks - one of the country’s top importers and