Maltese held in Tunis over drug trafficking

A 27-year-old man from Swieqi is being held in Tunisia after he was arrested at the airport in the company of an EU national allegedly carrying a bag containing a kilo of heroin. Sources said the Maltese national was about to board a flight home when...

A 27-year-old man from Swieqi is being held in Tunisia after he was arrested at the airport in the company of an EU national allegedly carrying a bag containing a kilo of heroin. Sources said the Maltese national was about to board a flight home when he was arrested last week together with the other man.

It was only this week that his family in Malta became aware of his arrest, the sources added.

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