Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot'

Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot'

Maldives vice president arrested over president's boat blast.

MALE - The vice president of the Maldives will be charged with

 high treason after being arrested Saturday in connection with an explosion aboard 

the president's boat last month that authorities 

have called an assassination attempt, officials said.

  President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last month.

  Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was arrested at the airport when he returned home from 

an official visit to China via Singapore "on suspicion of involvement in the boat blast, 

Adeeb had been taken to a detention center 'police said.

Home Minister Umar Naseer said that Adeeb would be charged with "high treason," 

an offense not specified in the penal code, but a term used in the Maldives 

for terrorism or offenses against the state by government officials, lawmakers, judges and others.

He said evidence against Adeeb was "very strong 

and God willing we'll get to the bottom of it. The investigation is still very raw."

Adeeb's lawyer, Hussain Shameem, denied the allegations against the vice president.

And also for more, with three soldiers, including a former member of Adeeb's security detail and a member of  the army's bomb squad, were also arrested Saturday in connection with the blast, 

Deputy Police Commissioner Abdullah Nawaz said.