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Brazilian National Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine Through Malta
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A drug trafficker has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half in prison after he was caught with over one kilogram of cocaine strapped to his legs at Malta International Airport.
41-year-old Adalberto Alves De Silva was stopped by customs and police on 20th January 2019 when he landed in Malta on his way to Dubai via Larnaca from Sao Paulo.
At the time, police discovered an estimated 1.5 kilograms of drugs believed to be cocaine in packages strapped around both his thighs and calves.
Further investigation yielded that the smuggled drug was cocaine, of which 50% was pure, and had a street value of between €27,000 and €120,000
Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera will not preside over the trial of Vince Muscat in relation to a failed HSBC bank heist, with the judge ruling on Wednesday in favour of his request for her to recuse herself.
Muscat, known as
il-Koħħu, has allegedly told police investigators that he can link two high-profile Labour politicians to the botched 2010 robbery.
Scerri Herrera’s brother, José Herrera, currently serves as Culture Minister.
In his request, Muscat said that the judge’s brother was not one of the two politicians he can link to the crime but noted that he “undoubtedly” had a close relationship with them, by virtue of his work.
He insisted that both him and the company did not break any rules.
“I can understand that there are stories but… I can tell you these are the facts and I’m telling you the facts,” Fearne said.
In a legal notice published on 23 March, outlets selling soft furnishings and furniture shops were ordered to close down. Furniture manufacturers were not mentioned in the legal notice and continued operating.
After Fearne played down the incident, Mercieca reacted by stating that he was dicplined for speaking out about the health minister’s visit.
“That s why we were instructed to guide clients from the rear door and that s why I had a written warning for exposing his visit (which I never signed) . and that s why I got two threatening calls from my former boss s brother yesterday to remove my post!” he said.