A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Employees of Maldives Customs Service pictured at the celebration of the company’s 127th anniversary. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Customs Service has opened the bid to develop four towers of 15-storeys each in the second phase of reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. Customs announced Sunday that interested parties are to submit their proposals before December 4. The government […]
Workers disposing the alcohol and pork that were confiscated by the Maldives Customs. MIHAARU PHOTO / ALI NISHAN Maldives Customs on Tuesday disposed copious amounts of alcohol and pork that were seized on various occasions. Liquor and alcohol, as well as pork and its by-products, are restricted items, meaning only permit holders can import them. […]
The ‘ecstasy’ pills that were found inside the package that was delivered from Netherlands to an individual in Addu City. PHOTO / MALDIVES CUSTOMS Maldives Customs Service has seized a large quantity of ‘ecstasy’ that was shipped to the southernmost Addu City via post from the Netherlands. According to Customs, when they opened the package […]
The hand luggage which the Pakistani national used to smuggle drugs into the Maldives: the drugs were concealed in the wheels of the luggage. [PHOTO / MALDIVES CUSTOMS] A Pakistani national who arrived in the Maldives was arrested last Thursday for bringing in narcotics, Maldives Customs has revealed. According to the customs, 640 grams of […]
A Customs officer checks a cargo of imported goods. PHOTO/CUSTOMS The state is owed over MVR 7.6 million in fines from businesses that fraudulently change prices of imported goods to evade taxes and custom duties, an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) report has revealed. According to the report published by the anti-graft watchdog, in 2012 – 2015, […]
A Customs officer checks a cargo of imported goods. PHOTO/CUSTOMS Revenue from import duty increased by 14 percent in the month of August, announced Maldives Customs Service. Customs’ official statistics show that the Maldives imported goods worth MVR 3.1 billion last month, compared to the MVR 2.8 billion recorded last year August. The Maldives imported […]