Woman jailed for pushing heroin

A woman was yesterday jailed for six years and fined €5,000 after being found guilty of trafficking heroin and cocaine in November 2003. Lorraine Vella, 38, of Paola was found in possession of drugs at her home after the police, acting on a tip-off,...

A woman was yesterday jailed for six years and fined €5,000 after being found guilty of trafficking heroin and cocaine in November 2003. Lorraine Vella, 38, of Paola was found in possession of drugs at her home after the police, acting on a tip-off, raided the house, where they found 18 grams of relatively pure heroin and 16.3 grams of cocaine, the court heard. The police also found almost €21,000 in a safe.

Magistrate Giovanni Grixti jailed her after taking into consideration her criminal record.

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