In the first four months of this year, 834 people were caught smoking in prohibited areas, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Carmelo Abela.

The police are taking action against the culprits, who were caught in 23 localities.

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