The remands of five out of six local men, who were arrested over a string of major burglaries and vandalism carried out across various islands, were extended by eight days while the other was released, reports The Edition on July 3.In addition to burglaries where the safes of government offices were stolen from some islands, there was also arson attacks carried out in a number of islands this year. The Police had previously declared that they were acts of retaliation against authorities over the Police's investigations into drug trafficking and religious extremism.The suspects aged 23, 24, 25, 28, 33 and 36 were arrested in an operation launched in Raa Atoll on June 23.