The High Court overturned the Criminal Court's gold-smuggling conviction of Sri Lankan national Mohamed Sulaimhan, ruling the State failed to prove he knowingly violated the Customs Act. The ruling came on the same day he completed his one-year prison sentence and was released from custody.
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Mohamed Sulaimhan was convicted of smuggling 2kg gold concealed in his body.
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It has been learned that Maldives Immigration attempted to deport Sulaimhan while the appeal case was submitted to the High Court.
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