
Tuesday, 20th May 2008 - 18:34CET
Police seize drugs, counterfeit items, in series of raids
The police have made five arrests after finding drugs in a residence in Ghaxaq and a hotel room in Paceville.
A man and a woman from Ghaxaq and another man from Marsaxlokk were arrested after heroin which was ready for trafficking was found in the Ghaxaq residence during a raid.
The other two arrests, both 22-year-old men, from Sliema and Birkirkara, were made after the police found heroin and cocaine also ready for sale, in a hotel room.
Further investigations are under way.
The police said its Economic Crimes Unit had also seized 100 garments bearing false designer labels from a Qawra shop, while 1,000 DVDs suspected to be copied were seized from a shop in Birkirkara.




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