Man held in drugs raid

A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday after the police swooped on a Marsa cellar suspected of being a drug trafficking den. The suspicions were confirmed when drug squad police seized packets of heroin, prepared for sale, as well as a small amount...

A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday after the police swooped on a Marsa cellar suspected of being a drug trafficking den.

The suspicions were confirmed when drug squad police seized packets of heroin, prepared for sale, as well as a small amount of cannabis resin and a substantial amount of methadone, a prohibited substance.

The police said the raid took place early in the afternoon in Triq il-Farfett after they received information that drugs were being sold from the cellar.

The man being held is from Qormi.

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