The police have issued a warning about scam calls being made via local numbers claiming to be from the Malta Police Force and asking people to give their e-id i
People in Malta are among the least likely in the EU to get stopped in the street by the police, according to research by the Fundamental Rights Agency.
The island ranks second lowest, along with Romania, in terms of people reporting being stopped by officers while Austria tops the poll.
Published on Tuesday, the research also shows that, across the EU, ethnic minorities are usually stopped more often than the general population. This is not the case in Malta, an evaluation of the agency’s surveys published over the past five years suggests.
Five per cent of sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants living in Malta reported being stopped by the police, compared with seven per cent of the general population.
The Malta Police Force recently deployed bodycams, taking full advantage of Melita Business nationwide gigabit internet. This project will see police officers w
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Two men were remanded in custody on Sunday after pleading not guilty to being in possession of cocaine in amounts denoting it was not for their personal use.
The arraignments followed a statement by the police earlier in the day saying that two men - an Italian and a Maltese, were arrested after they were found in possession of five kilograms of cocaine with a street value of €250,000 in St Paul’s Bay on Friday.
The Maltese was carrying three kilograms of the drug while another two kilograms were found in the Italian’s car. Besides cocaine, the police also found a large amount of cash.