Maldives Police Service (MPS) has arrested a Maldivian under suspicions of having taken part in terrorist activities in Syria.
Arrested was a 34-year-old Maldivian man who returned to the country on Thursday, revealed the police.
He is accused of being involved in “terrorist activities” in Syria.
Taking to Twitter shortly after the arrest, Commissioner of Police Mohamed Hameed said that the suspect is on the police’s potential list of local Foreign Terrorist Fighters or FTFs.
The case is being investigated by the police institution's Serious and Organized Crime Department.
