Cannabis plants found on farm

Three people were arrested yesterday after cannabis and LSD were found in a farm in Kunċizzjoni, limits of Rabat and Mtarfa, the police said. The people are a 23-year-old from Dingli who resides at the farm and two brothers aged 17 and 22 who live in...

Three people were arrested yesterday after cannabis and LSD were found in a farm in Kunċizzjoni, limits of Rabat and Mtarfa, the police said.

The people are a 23-year-old from Dingli who resides at the farm and two brothers aged 17 and 22 who live in Mtarfa.

The police came upon about nine cannabis plants at the farm ranging in height from less than a metre to two-and-a-half metres. During the same search, cannabis seeds and LSD were found.

In a separate search in Mtarfa, the police came across a cannabis plant and dried cannabis leaves.

Duty Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit has appointed experts to assist in an inquiry.

The people involved are expected to be arraigned over possession and cultivation of cannabis.

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