Five people are under arrest after the police found drugs in raids in Zejtun.
A 53-year-old man was arrested on Sunday when he was stopped in Mater Boni Consiglii Street and found in possession of three packets suspected to contain cocaine. A police dog then sniffed out 11 drug packets hidden in birdseed during a raid on his house in Triq Siniskal.
In another operation on Tuesday, the police said they arrested four men whom they had been observing for some days.
A search of a residence in Triq Joe Attard yielded suspected cocaine and heroin ready for trafficking, as well as cash.
Five arrested in Zejtun drug raids
Police find cocaine and heroin in Zejtun raids
27 January 2021, 2:51pm
by Karl Azzopardi
Five people have been arrested over the possession of drugs following raids in Zejtun.
Police said the arrests were carried out after a number of raids. In an operation carried out on Sunday, police stopped a 53-year-old male in Triq Bon Kunsill, with a search yielding three packets containing a substance suspected of being cocaine.
Credit: Malta Police
Further searches were carried out at his residence in Triq Siniskal. 11 packets containing cocaine found hidden in birdseed were uncovered by the K9 unit.