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3 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 JULY 2018 NEWS WIN €1000 Every month when using Findit.com.mt DIRECTORY | DEALS | QUOTES | REVIEWS Next time... use Findit! Freddie tried to cut costs by fixing the toilet himself. It didn't end well. MATTHEW AGIUS THREE men were arraigned in court yesterday following their arrest in connection with a massive haul of 200kg of cannabis, after police raided a truck in Ta' Qali on Thursday. Francesco Pisano, 41, a con- struction worker from Syra- cuse, Sicily appeared before magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras, accused of conspir- acy to traffic cannabis resin, conspiracy in the importation of the drugs and aggravated possession. Prosecuting Inspectors Frank Anthony Tabone and Anthony Scerri told the court that on 26 July, their officers had arrested the accused after 90kg canna- bis resin was found in his truck. The boxes he was carrying in the truck's container held an- other 110 kg of the drug. The court was asked to order him to suffer costs and to seize all his funds and property. Pisano pleaded not guilty. He was remanded in custody. Lawyer Mario Spiteri Bianchi said he would not be request- ing bail at this stage. A second man, Dennis Agius, was then charged with con- spiracy and complicity in the importation of drugs. Inspector Tabone told the magistrate how Agius had been arrested in connection with a controlled delivery of the drugs, which were con- cealed in a consignment of wa- termelon. The accused had been ob- served waiting for the consign- ment at a garage in Luqa that was still under construction. He was then arrested as the drugs were being unloaded. Agius, a 28- year-old project manager from San Gwann was also charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm. The court was again asked to order Agius to suffer costs and to seize all his funds and property. His lawyers, Marion Camilleri and Amadeus Cachia entered a not guilty plea on the man's behalf. Bail was not re- quested. Fruit seller Antonio Rametta, 30, from Francoforte, Sicily was the third man charged af- ter the operation. Lawyer Josette Sultana, ap- pointed legal aid to the ac- cused, did not contest the va- lidity of the arrest. Inspector Tabone told the court that Rametta had been the addressee of the consign- ment together with Agius. He was arrested while unloading the watermelons into the Luqa garage. As in the previous cases, the man's assets were frozen. Bail was not requested. magius@mediatoday.com.mt Police arraigned three men on charges related to the importation and trafficking of cannabis Three men charged after massive 200kg cannabis haul