Five held after drugs find

The police are holding five men for questioning following the discovery of a considerable amount of heroin and cocaine during a raid in a flat in Qawra on Wednesday afternoon. The raid followed a surveillance operation which indicated that the flat was...

The police are holding five men for questioning following the discovery of a considerable amount of heroin and cocaine during a raid in a flat in Qawra on Wednesday afternoon.

The raid followed a surveillance operation which indicated that the flat was being used for drug trafficking practically all day long, the police said.

The police found the drugs and items associated with drug abuse at the bottom of an internal shaft.

The police said the suspects, aged between 21 and 32, hail from Qawra, Mosta, St Paul's Bay and Rabat.

Police Superintendent Neil Harrison and Inspector Victor Aquilina, from the Drug Squad, are heading investigations.

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