Drug finds lead to four arrests
Four people have been arrested by the police following drug finds.
The police said in a statement that it yesterday arrested a 28-year-old man from Qormi after 54 ecstasy pills, a small amount of cannabis grass and items related to drug trafficking and abuse were found at his home. The police said the man trafficked heroin.
Later, during inspections at places of entertainment in Paceville, the police arrest eda 22-year-old from Birkirkara who was found in possession of cocaine.
Early this afternoon, police investigations based on information that a 25-year-old was involved in drug trafficking from his residence in Birkirkara, the police stopped the man and found him carrying packets of heroin ready to be sold as well as another amount of heroin and items related to trafficking. His 60-year-old father was also arrested after he was found in possession of fake euros.
Police investigations are continuing and the people arrested are expected to be arraigned in court in the coming days.
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alan borg
Oct 4th 2010, 10:21
Bormla: triq abram gatt u pjazza gavino gulia (erba passi boghod mil-ghassa) minimarkets tad-drogi hemm. cash and carry
R.Borg
Oct 3rd 2010, 20:12
Well done once again, Malta Police Force.
You have our support and prayers.
Do not be afraid. Rid Malta of all this dirt.
D. A . Agius
Oct 4th 2010, 00:24
Two "traffickers", not a bad weekend.
If one really wanted to clear up all the dirt, anyone having any info should pass it on.
Funny how Birdlife manages so much media attention (and resources) for protection of birds (mind you, I AM NOT a HUNTER and have a pretty neutral stance on the issue, so do not misplace my comment) but we rarely hear about Drugs control.
Priorities not in good order to does the Police keep things quiet?
joseph zammit
Oct 4th 2010, 07:29
Well done to the police for another good job.. lets just hope that the court will give a decent sentence not the usual slap on the wrist
David Caruana
Oct 4th 2010, 09:30
Your attitude and calling people "dirt" will really help to solve the drug abuse problem.
Prohibition FAILED big time, it's about time that we start thinking about harm reduction.
Prohibition targets only the SUPPLY, but until we tackle DEMAND, the drug abuse problem will grow.
Prohibiton does not reduce harm but rather increases it on many levels.
Most heroin addicts end up in hospital not because of the drug itself but because of dirty needles and because the drug itself is mixed with all sorts of rubbish.
Marijuana GRASS is realtively harmless but due to legal constraints, most smokers end up buying the cheap hash which is mixed with burnt oil, plastic, etc, etc.
It's not me who is saying all this but illustrious people like the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Ian Gilmore, who says that decriminalising drug use could drastically reduce crime and improve health.
We need to THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX to really reduce harm - which at the end of the day is what all of us wish to do - reduce harm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10990921
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1714/Estimating_drug_harms.pdf
http://www.tdpf.org.uk/Transform_Drugs_Blueprint.pdf