Jason Azzopardi told of 2019 cocaine inquiry conclusion six years later
Inquiry confirmed an envelope addressed to the former MP contained cocaine
A magisterial inquiry, concluded in 2019 but only brought to light this week, has confirmed that a sachet addressed to former MP Jason Azzopardi contained cocaine.
Although the inquiry was concluded over six years ago, Azzopardi was only informed of its findings on Thursday, the former MP said.
The case concerns an incident in early 2019 in which Azzopardi, then a PN MP, collected an envelope addressed to him from the PN headquarters reception.
The envelope, which appeared to have been sent from Germany, contained a sachet of white powder.
Suspecting the powder to be cocaine, Azzopardi filed a police report and requested a magisterial inquiry into the matter.
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An inquiry led by magistrate Audrey Demicoli was carried out promptly and concluded in July 2019, five months after the incident.
The inquiry, which Azzopardi has given to Times of Malta, confirmed that the envelope contained just over half a gram of cocaine. When asked if he had any idea who may have sent the envelope, Azzopardi said he had “no suspects,” the inquiry notes.
The magistrate proceeded to close the inquiry, encouraging the police to continue their investigation.
Azzopardi, however, only learned of the inquiry’s conclusions on Thursday, after requesting an update.
Writing on Facebook on Friday morning, Azzopardi said the police commissioner had failed to summon him in the past six years to ask if he had any suspicions about who had sent the envelope.
Azzopardi said that if he had been asked, “I would have replied: yes. Because we all know what was going on behind the scenes during that period”.
Around the same time, three other Nationalist Party figures received packages of suspected cocaine.
Former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil, MEP David Casa and MP Karol Aquilina were sent packages of suspected cocaine in the post in what they claim was an attempt to silence them.
Aquilina claimed he was being framed by people implicated in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to stop him from speaking out.