Not a prayer: lawyer brandishes holy picture in reluctant bail submissions
His client was arraigned on charges relating to theft of tools from an Qormi building site
15 January 2021, 2:12pm
by Matthew Agius
Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged with several offences related to the theft of tools from a building site in Qormi yesterday night.
Inspector Roderick Agius arraigned unemployed Joseph Galea, 30 from Zebbug and furniture mover Emanuel Degabriele, 31, from Attard before magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace.
On 14 January, the police, acting on a tip off, had found a Kia Avella near the construction site with the stolen tools stashed inside. The men were found nearby, trying to hide, said the inspector, adding that they were out in breach of their bail curfews, explained Inspector Roderick Agius.
A fisherman who was arrested in October when 20kg of cannabis were found on a fishing boat in Marsaxlokk, was granted bail on Wednesday.
Wayne Schembri, 28, was arraigned alongside two other suspects, 38-year old Glen Montesin and 19-year old Zach Woodhead. All pleaded not guilty to criminal conspiracy, importation and aggravated possession of cannabis grass.
The trio had been spotted by a police surveillance team unloading cardboard boxes from the boat onto a van parked nearby.
Five boxes containing some 20kg of cannabis grass were subsequently seized in the police raid.
All three suspects pleaded not guilty when arraigned two days after the arrests.