Alfred Delia, 65, and his son Marco, 43, both of Zabbar, this morning pleaded not guilty to having earlier this year committed money laundering when cars which were bought using funds from criminal activities, were registered under their name.

They were also accused of being accomplices in money laundering.

Police Inspector Antonovic Muscat told the court that this case followed the arrest arraignment three weeks ago of two siblings forming part of the same family of the accused who had been accused of drug trafficking and money laundering.

The police believed that the siblings had purchased cars from Premier car sales of Burmarrad using money from criminal activities, and they registered the cars under the names of Alfred and Marco Delia.

The Inspector said the Alfred Delia when questioned hardly knew anything about the three cars registered in his name.

Defence lawyer Arthur Azzopardi requested bail on the basis that this was a 'paper trial' where most if not all the evidence consisted of documentation, Furthermore, if the accused were not granted bail, they could meet the other accused family members.

Inspector Muscat said he was opposing bail since the owner of the car sales company and his employees still had to give evidence.

The court granted bail against a personal guarantee of €1,000 and a personal guarantee of €10,000 each.