Two men arrested as Police seize 15kg of cocaine hidden in car imported from Italy

Two men have been arrested after police found 15kg of what is believed to be cocaine in a car that arrived in Malta from Italy. In a separate case, a man was arrested for attempting to sell cannabis and cannabis resin.

Police seized 15kg of a substance suspected to be cocaine from a car arriving from Italy today, arresting two Maltese men.

The police drugs squad together with the Law Enforcement Section from customs stopped a car that made its way from Italy to Malta that was reasonably suspected to be hiding drugs.

15kg of what is alleged to be cocaine was found in the rear of the car.

Duty magistrate Neville Camilleri appointed several experts to assist in the investigation.

The two men, a 66-year-old from Qormi and a 23-year-old from Ghajnsielem, are expected to be brought before court between today and tomorrow on charges of importation and conspiracy to import drugs and aggravated possession of cocaine, according to a police statement.

Additionally, the drugs squad arrested a Somali man, 29, in Paceville yesterday in the late afternoon after he was observed trying to traffic cannabis and cannabis resin.

Police sources said there is a possibility of the man also being brought before a court on charges of aggravated possession of cannabis resin and possession of a cannabis plant or part of a plant.