(PR 449/26)
Police officers who were on patrol around the streets of St Julian’s in connection with investigations into alleged drug trafficking, arrested two men who were found in possession of various substances suspected to be drugs.
During the patrol, one of the men, a 38-year-old Somali national from Birżebbuġa, approached a police officer who was a civilian inspector and offered to sell drugs to him. He was immediately arrested together with a 41-year-old Romanian man who lives in St Julian’s and from ongoing surveillance, the two persons appeared together several times.
During a search, around 18 sachets containing suspected cocaine were found on his person, together with 12 sachets containing suspected cannabis, as well as a number of bags containing 13 suspected MDMA pills.
The Police immediately went to the Romanian residence where a 27-year-old Maltese man from Senglea was found in one of the rooms, together with a 33-year-old Colombian who lives in the same apartment. They were found to be processing and packing a substance suspected to be tusi. They were immediately arrested.
Around 10 other tablets similar to those found earlier were also seized from the area.
A magisterial inquiry was appointed into the case and they are expected to be arraigned later on today.