Drugs arraignments

The police Drug Squad last year arraigned 333 persons to face drug possession charges while 93 were accused of drug trafficking, Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg said yesterday. He said their age ranged from 15 to 59. Thirty-eight were foreigners. The...

The police Drug Squad last year arraigned 333 persons to face drug possession charges while 93 were accused of drug trafficking, Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg said yesterday.

He said their age ranged from 15 to 59. Thirty-eight were foreigners.

The minister told Adrian Vassallo (MLP) in reply to a parliamentary question that between January and April this year 144 persons were arraigned on drug-related cases.

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