A Polish couple were this morning remanded in custody after they pleaded not guilty to importing and being in possession of a kilogramme of heroin.

Bartosz Jacek Goldzinski, 26 and Weronika Jakubowska, 18, both of Warsaw, arrived in Malta last Monday on a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.

Mr Goldzinski was carrying capsules containing the drug in his stomach whils Ms Jakubowska carried a large capsule in her private part.

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