An Interpol yellow notice has been issued for Mohamed Thasleem, 43, who went missing while on a trip to a sandbank in the Male' atoll.
The only Maldivian on the Interpol yellow notice list is abducted journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla. But police said a notice has been issued in the case of Thasleem.
"Notices published through Interpol are visible to all Interpol member countries. Please note that every notice published in this regard is not published on the Interpol website for public viewing," police said.
Police said on September 14 that an Interpol yellow notice had been requested over Thasleem's disappearance.
No progress has been made more than one month after the disappearance as the police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) continue the search.
Thasleem, an employee of the Male' City Council went missing from a sandbank near Kaafu atoll Huvafenfushi island on August 30.
His phone and laptop have been seized for analysis as the investigation continues and the search is ongoing at the sandbank and surrounding waters.
Police said they had interrogated the group that went to the sandbank with Thasleem and a second group of 12 people who had also been visiting the sandbank at the time of Thasleem's disappearance.
Police said Thasleem travelled to the sandbank with 25 people and two children at 5:00 pm on August 29. They were on a trip to celebrate a birthday and an engagement party.
Thasleem participated in the trip to make the backdrop for the party and to do some electrical work, police said in the statement.
Photos taken by the group show that Thasleem had been with them on the night of the trip and the morning of August 30, police said.
He was last seen on the sandbank between 7:45 am and 9:00 am on Friday, August 30, police added.
