The police have arrested a 34-year-old Maltese-Australian in connection with investigations into drug trafficking.

The police said the man, was arrested in his apartment in St Paul's Bay after the Druq Squad acted on a tip-off about drug trafficking yesterday afternoon.

The raid on the apartment yielded heroin which was ready for trafficking, and a small quantity of cannabis.

The man was already known to the police. He is expected to be arraigned in the coming days.

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