Customs halts container of goods brought in illegally

Maldives Customs Service has halted a shipping container suspected of holding goods that were being smuggled into the country.

A Customs official said today that the container was halted during a special operation last night, initiated based of intelligence information they recieved.

“We received information that the there were goods in the container that had not been declared. The matter is still being investigated. The container had many sorts of goods,” the official said.

He said that the container is still grounded. The goods inside the container were about to be cleared yesterday, he said.

Customs did not reveal to whom the container was registered, but said that details will be available once the investigation is complete.