Alleged drug dealers charged

Two foreigners were this evening charged with their involvement in importing about a kilo of cocaine and heroin into Malta. Portuguese Paco Carmona Alves, 19, allegedly acted as the courier and imported the drugs that were destined to Nigerian...

Two foreigners were this evening charged with their involvement in importing about a kilo of cocaine and heroin into Malta.

Portuguese Paco Carmona Alves, 19, allegedly acted as the courier and imported the drugs that were destined to Nigerian immigrant John Michael, 35, who lives at the Marsa open centre.

Both men were charged with conspiring to deal in heroin and cocaine and importing and trafficking in the drugs on and before yesterday.

Mr Alves alone was also charged with the possession of the drugs with the intent to sell them.

The police said that Mr Alves was arrested at the Malta International Airport soon after he landed in Malta from Germany on Friday afternoon. Customs officials found that he had drugs hidden in a false bottom in his shoes.

Investigations led the police to Bugibba where Mr Alves’ was meant to deliver the drugs and they arrested Mr Michael.

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