Plans for a suspicious property deal involving former police superintendent Ray Aquilina, construction tycoon Joe Portelli, and murder suspect Yorgen Fenech are being investigated by the police.
Officers from the police’s anti-money laundering unit believe that a Birżebbuġa apartment worth in excess of €180,000 was set to be sold to Aquilina’s parents for around a third of its market value by Fenech in 2018.
The plan being investigated by police, was for the property to change hands for some €60,000.
Sources said the apartment was then to be donated to Aquilina by his parents in what police suspect may be a case of bribery and money laundering.