Quarry owners protest over 'illegal' wall

The owners of a quarry in Hal Far have filed a judicial protest against Malta Industrial Parks and the Commissioner of Police after a wall was built across a lane leading to the quarry. Hal-Far Quarries Ltd said a wall was built outsaide a gate by...

The owners of a quarry in Hal Far have filed a judicial protest against Malta Industrial Parks and the Commissioner of Police after a wall was built across a lane leading to the quarry.

Hal-Far Quarries Ltd said a wall was built outsaide a gate by workers acting on instructions of MIP and accompanied by the police, following a claim that what was beyond the gate was governemnt property.

The quarry owners said they and a group of farmers had used the lane for some 20 years.

The owners said the government agency had acted abusively and illegally.

They said they demolished the wall ont he same day it was built and held MIP and the police responsible for damages.

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