Pensioner charged with money laundering again after police raid uncovers large cash sum
A pensioner investigated by police after his son had been arrested on charges of drug trafficking is charged with money laundering
17 May 2021, 2:12pm
by MaltaToday Staff
A pensioner who was being followed by the police after a drugs case involving his son has been charged with money laundering and breach of bail conditions.
Mario Brignone, 66, from Bormla pleaded not guilty to the charges but was denied bail over fears that he may tamper with evidence.
A police raid on Zammit’s Żabbar home last month led officers to the father’s house, where they found almost €15,000 in cash.
A man with a pending money laundering case was taken to court again on Monday and charged with money laundering and breaching bail conditions set in his previous case.
Mario Brignone, 66, from Cospicua pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.
Police inspector Leanne Bonello explained that the police were following Brignone s tracks during investigations into a drugs case involving his son.
Police raided his son s home in Żabbar in connection with drug trafficking suspicions and investigations led them to the father s house, where they found almost €15,000 in cash.
Investigations revealed he had withdrawn some €8,800 in recent weeks, a court heard, with the police also finding plastic sachets they believed were being used for drug trafficking.
Suspected drug trafficker who led police on car chase, granted bail
A suspected drug trafficker who led police on a destructive car chase has been granted bail
16 April 2021, 3:06pm
by Matthew Agius
A man who led police on a destructive car chase earlier this week has been granted bail three days after his arrest.
Josef Zammit, known as il-Marozz, had been under covert observation by the Drugs Squad for some time when officers, executing an arrest warrant, moved to arrest him on Monday.
Magistrate Audrey Demicoli heard a police sergeant testify how Zammit had been observed leaving his residence and driving towards Bormla when the plainclothes officers had tried to stop him. He drove on, later going the wrong way up a one-way street when the police had closed off the road he was on.