The police yesterday seized ecstasy and nearly 100 stuffed protected birds in a raid on a Cospicua residence.
A 27-year-old man from Cospicua was arrested and is helping the police in their investigations. The operation was carriedout jointly by the Żabbar district police and the police drug squad.
The police said they received information that drugs were being trafficked from a residence. When they raided the dwelling they allegedly found 17 ecstasy pills and objects associated with drug abuse, as well as 99 stuffed birds and four dead ones.
Further investigations indicated that all the birds were all protected species, the police said.