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Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic [writing / wrote] on it. It was a "sura" (a verse from the Koran) and [locally / local] people got worried about it. They said it was [filled / full] of black magic and that someone was [using / use] it to try and change [the / a] results of an election. Police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "suspicious [fruit / fruity] ". They thought the small fruit might [effect / affect] how people voted [on / in] Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters from [voting / vote] , or make them vote for someone else. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a [fake / flake] and contained no black magic.

A police official said: "It seems like it was a joke. Just a [plank / prank] , so that people will become [beware / aware] , understand the [message / massage] , and not do it again." The Huffington Post website [claiming / claims] that black magic can have a big [affect / effect] on life in the Maldives. In July, a school [refused / refusing] to let a voting box into the building. Teachers [were / was] worried it would make students [will / ill] . In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader in the Maldives, asked the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a [sin / win] to practice black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do something about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a major [social / socially] issue in his country.