Fifth suspect in 13M cigarette heist jailed

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A fifth suspect arrested on Tuesday night in connection to the theft of two containers of smuggled cigarettes from the Hulhumale’ seaport has been remanded in jail pending the outcome of his trial. The two containers containing 13.6 million sticks of cigarettes smuggled into the Maldives were seized by Maldives Customs Service on April 26, and kept at the seaport in