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WEDNESDAY • 3 FEBRUARY 2021 • ISSUE 724 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Massive
Camorra drug
bust reveals
Malta link
PBS ordered
to pay over
€226,000 to
former CEO
John Bundy
Police raids net 21kg of
cannabis worth €420,000
KARL AZZOPARDI
THE police's drug squad has seized
21kg of cannabis grass in an opera-
tion carried out on Monday night.
The street value of the drugs is
estimated to be €420,000.
Police said that after weeks of
observation, a van being driven
in Floriana at around 6pm was
stopped and searched.
The van was being driven by two
men, a 47-year-old Maltese who
resides in Isla, and a 32-year-old
Italian who resides in St Paul's Bay.
A search in the vehicle yielded 20
packets of cannabis grass, which
were hidden in a sealed fridge and
freezer.
The operation continued in a
St Paul's Bay garage and house.
When Rapid Intervention Unit of-
ficers arrived on site, two Italian
men, aged 23 and 29 respectively,
tried to flee from the scene but
were later caught and arrested.
A search in the property yielded
more packtes containing cannabis
grass.
Magistrate Gabriella Vella was
informed of the case and is con-
ducting an inquiry.
The four men have remained
under arrest at the police's head-
quarters in Floriana.
They will be charged in the com-
ing days, as police investigations
are still ongoing.
