Drug charges

Eight people are expected to be arraigned in the coming days to answer to drug charges. The police said its drug squad is holding six men and two women under arrest following the discovery of cannabis resin and heroin by the squad and the Armed Forces...

Eight people are expected to be arraigned in the coming days to answer to drug charges.

The police said its drug squad is holding six men and two women under arrest following the discovery of cannabis resin and heroin by the squad and the Armed Forces of Malta.

Most of the arrests were made during road blocks in various parts of the island over the weekend.

The two women being held are in their mid-20s, one from Attard and the other from Kalkara.

Five men, aged between 19 and 33 and residing in Qormi, Tarxien, Senglea, Cospicua and Msida, were stopped during road blocks. In their case, the police said they found cannabis and heroin.

The police also said that another young man, a 20-year-old of Fgura, was found in possession of cannabis resin when he was body searched at a discotheque in the limits of Rabat.

The drug squad is investigating.

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