A man has been arrested for stealing from a mosque.

Maldives Police Service (MPS) Spokesperson Ahmed Shifan revealed that the individual accused of stealing fans from Taqwa Mosque has been located and brought into police custody.

This comes at a time the Malé City Council has revealed that seven fans were stolen from Taqwa Mosque, all in the span of three nights.

A video footage of the suspect has since been published by the city council on social media platform ‘X’.

The video shows a young man entering the mosque and walking out with a stand fan placed inside. His facial features are not clear in the video clip, however, he was wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.

This comes at a time the issue of theft from mosques has been surging during the fasting month of Ramadan.

As such, the water meter inside Dharumavantha Mosque was also stolen recently. Earlier, two fans were stolen from the mosque as well.

The case is being probed by the police institution.