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Local Business Figures Among Four Arrested Over Missing Cigarette Containers
Four people, including two local businessmen and two former/current customs officers, were arrested over the disappearance of two containers holding more than 13.6 million cigarettes that had been seized by the Maldives Customs Service at Hulhumalè. The unpaid import duty on the shipment was estimated at over MVR 122 million, and twelve people have been barred from leaving the country as the investigation continues.
Sources1carried itMR1 of 19 news outlets we monitor
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What happened
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Wed 8 OctAuthorities discovered that the seized containers had gone missing.on the night of 8 Octoberonly Maldives RepublicThe containers were later found empty, and authorities said the disappearance was discovered on the night of 8 October after police received intelligence about the theft.
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How the reporting differs
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Maldives RepublicNews outlet
Local Business Figures Among Four Arrested Over Missing Cigarette Containers
more than 13.6 million cigarettes in seized containers
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Figures in these reports
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more than 13.6 millioncigarettes in seized containersMaldives RepublicFour people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two containers holding more than 13.6 million cigarettes that had been seized by the Maldives Customs Service at the Hulhumalè commercial port.
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1,360 casescases of cigarettes in shipmentMaldives RepublicThe shipment comprised two 40-foot containers holding 1,360 cases, equivalent to more than 13.6 million cigarettes.
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over MVR 122 millionestimated unpaid import dutyMaldives RepublicThe agency estimated the unpaid import duty alone at over MVR 122 million.
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Other events named
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Customs seized the cigarette shipment concealed within a plywood shipment.26 April this yearthe Hulhumalè Sea-Cargo TerminalMaldives RepublicCustoms originally seized the shipment on 26 April this year after discovering the cigarettes concealed within a plywood shipment arriving at the Hulhumalè Sea-Cargo Terminal.
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Four people were arrested in connection with the disappearance of the containers.Maldives RepublicFour people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two containers holding more than 13.6 million cigarettes that had been seized by the Maldives Customs Service at the Hulhumalè commercial port.
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