A Nigerian holding an Italian identity card has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to drug trafficking.

Bunch Onyemachi Nkaka, 34, also pleaded not guilty to importing 100 capsules containing close to one kilogramme of heroin, which were found in his stomach on his arrival in Malta on a flight from Brussels on Tuesday.

He also pleaded not guilty to drug possession.

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