A Maltese man is under arrest in Sicily after police there caught him with almost 18kg of cannabis hidden inside a car he was driving. 

The suspect, who is 40, was stopped for a search as he was about to board a ferry to Malta at Pozzallo.

A search of his car, which bears Maltese number plates, revealed 143 packets of cannabis weighing a combined total of 17.74kg. 

The man was arrested and taken to a police lock-up in Ragusa, Sicilian news outlet La Sicilia reported.  

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