A number of people have been detained by Armed Forces of Malta in two separate operations yesterday.
Late afternoon, the AFM Maritime Squadron apprehended a boat carrying four people who were in possession of four modified shotguns, a bird-caller device, and a number of illegally-sized lead pellets. They were some 20 metres outside Rinella.
The shotguns' ammunition magazines had also been illegally modified to take more shotgun ammunition cartridges.
In another operation in Qormi late last night, two men and two women were detained during a vehicle check-point were found to be carrying illegal narcotics.
On approaching the check-point, the driver was observed slowing down abruptly and throwing items out of the window.
Four sachets containing a powdered drug and another with pills were retrieved from the ground by the AFM.
By the time the vehicle had reached the check-point, the 36-year old driver from Cospicua was also noticed fumbling with another sachet containing white powder, which he then swallowed.
The driver forcefully resisted arrest and all four people were handed to police Drug Squad investigators on site.