Police arrest two over growing of cannabis plants

Two men in their twenties were yesterday arrested by drug squad police after they found 12 cannabis plants in the back garden of a Zejtun house still under construction, police said yesterday.

The police said the arrests were made at 5.30 a.m. after several days of surveillance.

Police sources said a 21-year-old man went to water the plants early in the morning and was arrested.

Shortly afterwards, his friend, a 25-year-old from Birzebbuga, went to the site and was arrested as well.

The sources said some of the plants were over a metre tall while some had been planted about a month ago.

Searches were made in the houses where the two men lived and some cannabis grass was found in a house where the Zejtun man lived.

Investigations are being led by Inspector Neil Harrison.