Malta drug smugglers Egyptian resident in Bugibba and a Libyan

The police have arrested a number of persons after wrapping up two investigations into the importation and trafficking on heroin and cannabis resin.A 28-year-Hungarian who arrived in Malta from Brussels on Tuesday was tailed by the police and was stopped on Wednesday when he boarded a vehicle driven by a 28-year-old Maltese woman from Qormi. Both were held. A search revealed that the man was carrying a capsule with heroin inside, the police said. A medical examination at Mater Dei Hospital revealed a further 30 capsules in his stomach. In all, some 300 grams of heroin were seized and Magistrate Silvio Meli launched an inquiry.
The man was arraigned in court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking.
In the second case, the police said they had been following the movements of a number of persons for some days. They initially found a kilo and a half of cannabis resin in the car of a 27-year-old man from Naxxar, at Qammiegh, limits of Mellieha.
A further five kilos of cannabis resin were found in a garage in Mosta and another two men were arrested, a 32-year-old from St Paul’s Bay and a 40-year-old from Mosta.
Also held were a 39-year-old Egyptian resident in Bugibba and a Libyan, 26, also living in Bugibba.An inquiry was launched by Magistrate Jacqueline Padovani and the men were taken to court..