A man who landed at the Malta International Airport with €600,000 worth of suspected heroin was arrested late on Wednesday.
The police said the 64-year-old man from Cospicua, who flew here from Brussels, is expected to be arraigned on Friday.
The man was stopped at the airport by police officers following a tip-off and sniffer dogs indicated there was something suspicious in his luggage.
Following a search by the police, three kilos of suspected heroin were found underneath a false bottom.
The man was held at the Floriana lock-up and will be arraigned in court on Friday morning.