The man had been arrested several times in the past but had always been released without charge as the drugs in his possession were not scheduled substances at the time
Drug traffickers arrested after car chases with police
In two separate incidents, police arrested three men over the suspected trafficking of drugs
12 April 2021, 4:23pm
by Karl Azzopardi
The police have arrested three persons over drug trafficking in two sperate operations.
In the first operation on Sunday at around 3 pm, police surrounded a car driven by a 23-year-old from Hamrun. He was surrounded in Vjal De La Cruz.
The man tried fleeing from the scene, but crashed into a police car, and was arrested immediately.
230 drug packets were found in the vehicle ready to be trafficked.
The second operation, carried out on Monday morning, police tried stopping a vehicle in Zabbar, before the driver once again tried to evade officials.
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Contractor involved in fatal Hamrun house collapse had track record of construction site accidents
Contractor behind the Miriam Pace building collapse in Hamrun had been involved in several construction site accidents stretching back to 2002
25 February 2021, 12:23pm
by Matthew Agius
The construction company involved in the death of Hamrun house collapse victim Miriam Pace had been involved in a number of other alarming incidents, a court has heard.
This emerged in court as Magistrate Joe Mifsud presided over the compilation of evidence against two architects accused of Pace’s involuntary homicide, Roderick Camilleri and Anthony Mangion. Four persons stand charged in connection with the incident, two of whom have opted for a trial by jury.