Two Americans to be charged with cocaine trafficking

Two Americans are expected to be arraigned tomorrow charged with association, importation and trafficking of cocaine.

The Americans, who arrived in Malta yesterday on a direct flight from Amsterdam, were caught following a joint operation between the police and the Customs Department.

The police said that a 22-year-old American was stopped on his arrival and a medical examination established he was carrying cocaine capsules in his stomach.

Further investigations established that another American, aged 20, was also carrying cocaine in his stomach. He was arrested at a hotel in Sliema.

Around a kilogramme of the drug was found.

Duty magistrate Anthony Micallef Trigona is holding an inquiry.