Drug cases that are pending before the courts may hit a snag if the Constitutional Court upholds an argument made by lawyers that Malta’s forensic laboratory is not accredited to EU standards.
The lawyers, Franco Debono and Amadeus Cachia, are representing a man awaiting trial for cocaine trafficking.
They have requested that the matter be referred to the Constitutional Court for a decision.
Their client, Nigerian Morgan Izuchukwu Onuorah, is facing proceedings over his alleged involvement in a drug deal in 2010. He is pleading not guilty to conspiring to traffic drugs, supplying cocaine, being in possession of the drug and money laundering.