UPDATED: Man jailed for six years for conspiracy to traffic drugs

Clayton Galea, 25, of Hamrun was this afternoon jailed for six years and fined €15,000 after being found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to traffic cannabis but not guilty of possession of cannabis. The sentence was delivered at the end of a...

Clayton Galea, 25, of Hamrun was this afternoon jailed for six years and fined €15,000 after being found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to traffic cannabis but not guilty of possession of cannabis.

The sentence was delivered at the end of a three-day trial.

Earlier in the day, Nazzareno Muscat, 39 of Zejtun, who had been co-accused with Galea, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years and fined €25,000 after he pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday.

The two had been accused of possession of over a kilo of cannabis in July 2004 and conspiring to traffic the drug.

The trial is being presided by Mr Justice Joseph Galea Debono.

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