Charged with stealing shotgun

Two Zurrieq men were yesterday charged with stealing, keeping and carrying a shotgun without a licence last year. Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera heard Alexander Caruana, 21, and Jurgen Bugeja, 28, plead not guilty to stealing Raymond Brincat's...

Two Zurrieq men were yesterday charged with stealing, keeping and carrying a shotgun without a licence last year.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera heard Alexander Caruana, 21, and Jurgen Bugeja, 28, plead not guilty to stealing Raymond Brincat's Benelli shotgun and carrying it around illegally on and before April 2005.

Mr Caruana alone was charged with hunting without a licence while Mr Bugeja was charged with hunting during the close season and the illegal possession of a protected species.

Police Inspector Kevin Farrugia prosecuted.

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