Policeman hurt in drugs investigation
A Drugs Squad police officer was injured this morning while investigating a trafficking case.
The police said officers from the Drugs Squad were conducting a raid at Marsa when the policeman who was injured approached the driver of a car.
The driver, a 25-year-old man from Valletta, drove off dragging the officer with him, slightly injuring him in the process.
He will be charged with heroin trafficking and slightly injuring a police officer.
His passengers, two men, aged 29 and 47, from Cospicua, and a 29-year-old woman from Marsa, will be charged with heroin possession and abuse.
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alfred seguna
Feb 6th, 10:44
More Power to the Police is needed.Unbelievable accusations may lead to MICKEY MOUSE sentences.
Noel Mifsud
Feb 6th, 05:01
Dawn l affarijiwt ma ghandomx ikunu, slightly jew le dal puluzija kienu fuq xolu u min ghamel hekk gahndu jigi ikkundanat. Please mhux sentenza sospiza, jew muilta u tithallas bix xahar, ghax illum lanqas biex tixtri xi haga ghal uzu id dar, tipo fridge ma tithallas bix xahar. Grazzi
D. A . Agius
Feb 5th, 22:44
1. Get well soon to the Police Officer.
2. Another case of drugs being the root of the problem. Any serious work being done to curb the problem? If there is, I missed it. The raids are good and nice but in all honesty, Police can NEVER solve this.
James Dewar
Feb 5th, 21:35
Rather a "quaint" charge "slightly injuring a Police Officer"! How about straight assault, reckless conduct, dangerous driving or, depending upon the exact circumstances, attempted murder? OK, the consequences may only have resulted in "slight" injuries to the officer but that would have been purely by good luck and not by the kind intentions of the offender. It will be interesting to see in due course what charges are libelled and the penalties if found guilty.
Jay Oatmon
Feb 6th, 07:00
Exactly - In my view these weak charges point to a behind the scenes deal/ corruption which would not surprise me given the recent large number of daft sentences. When will this courts daft system/mess be cleaned up?
M.Dolores Vassallo
Feb 6th, 07:32
Mhux xi Multa ta 800 Euro u barra bid-daqq.
Bernard Storace
Feb 6th, 09:00
My sentiments entirely. Our police force, for what it is, does manage to perform adequately. I am sure that they need the backing of the public and above all the courts. S/He is the defender of the law and as such should be able to carry out his/her duty knowing that they are backed 100% by the government and the courts. A few days at home should bring you up to speed constable, well done.
S. Zahra
Feb 5th, 21:32
Charged with slightly injuring a police officer???
Here in Malta police are taken for a joke by the same law courts! Once I was in France, and a driver was asked to go out of his car by a police ..... he hesitated to go out and was face down on his bonnet in a couple of seconds!!
Police should be given more power!!
M. Attard
Feb 5th, 22:29
In Malta, the police use power only against innocent and defenseless people otherwise its a whole different story where balls are played according to their own games.
Mr Ernest Vella
Feb 5th, 21:29
Fejn huma dawk li ma jridux il-habsijiet?
Mr Ernest Vella
Feb 5th, 21:28
ejja ghamlu xi protesta ohra...min isuq fuq bniedem biex itajjru jissejjah kriminal u mhux vittma. Il-vittma huwa l-pulizja li jara li l-ligi tigi mharsa u l-grazzi tkun daqqa ta karrozza. Hekk sew il-hazin imur jipprotesta u t-tajjeb imbezzgha go daru u ma jistax jafa l-uliedu barra minhabba l-marmalja li qazzu pajjiz.
Dennis Agius
Feb 5th, 22:31
Ghandek ragun biex tbieh habib, ghax is socjeta hekk gabitha lill Malta taghna. jekk tiehu id droga miskin ghax ghandek problema, jekk issuq minghajr licenzja u ittajjar lill xi hadd miskien ghax ghandek problema, jekk tinqabad tisraq miskien ghax ghandek problema jekk tattakka jew tiggieled jew tkun agressiv fit triq post pubbliku jew bar jew xi diskoteka miskien ghax ghandek problema, u dan grazzi ghal hafna nies ta qalbhom tajba li jkunu l-ewwel nies biex jiddefendu lill minn jaghmel hazin............ issa jmiss li dawn in nies nibdew intuhom ukoll gieh ir republika ghax ghaddejjien minn problema....... u nispicca bil medja... jekk taqra ir rapport hawn fuq erba kelmiet jigru ghax weggha pulizija... imma kieku din l-istorja kienet bil kontra kieku jittiehdu pagni shah ta gurnalistiku investigattiv... intervisti..... ritratti...... u spekulazzjonijiet..............ghal granet shah... issa jkun hawn xi hadd u jghidli li mhux vera jekk joghgbu!
T Cassar
Feb 5th, 21:26
How about resisting arrest, driving recklessly, not obeying instructions from a law enforcement officer.....
Were they wearing seatbelts, did they have paid up driving and car licence and insurance. We see such disregard for the law these days that we seem to be accepting too many infringements
Louis Baldacchino
Feb 5th, 21:14
using a car against a police officer is equivalent to using a weapon - in the states police would have unloaded their weapons however each police act is taken into perspective and we have very good policeman within my knowledge and experience. each case has to be considered and evaluated individually.
mark borg
Feb 5th, 21:12
Dal kriminal li kwazi qatel pulizija ,kemm il-sentenza sospiza ghandhu sa issa ?
La wasal isuq fuq Pulizija jasal isuq fuq kulhadd. Minghar ma nidhol fuq il bicca tad drogi,fuq l-att li ghamel tas sewqan ghandu snin maqful, ghax mhux postu ma in nies.....
Jason Borg
Feb 5th, 21:04
Slightly injuring a police officer? How about attempted murder? Or is dragging an officer just part of the ride?
Martin Xuereb
Feb 5th, 20:12
Sad to hear ! Marsa and Hamrun are well know for drugs especially close by the bridge in Marsa in the bars .
vella m
Feb 5th, 19:46
To the Maltese courts of justice,please take care of our police officers,remember that they protect us.
stephen koludrovic
Feb 5th, 19:39
It seems that Malta has become the most drug infested country in the world.
Randolph Said
Feb 5th, 21:50
Let's not exagerate now!
Alexander Brincat
Feb 5th, 19:08
Charged with slightly injuring a police officer??? If this happenned in the USA the outcomes would have been one of the following:
1) The driver shot at immediately by other officers and probably killed.
2) The driver dragged out of the car, taken to a cell and charged with injuring a police officer and causing serious danger to the police officer.
3) Locked up and immediately sentenced to five to ten years in a stinking prison.
The justice department in Malta should now just do one more thing: open up a kindergardten centre for drug traffickers. No really. The law should be changed and should allow police officers to shoot at once when something like this happens, and be exempted for doing so.
Attention legislators: We need some legislation which quite frankly says "No mercy with drug traffickers and bullies"
Stephanie Vella
Feb 5th, 19:31
Can't agree more.. Court sentences in Malta are becoming a farce..
M Borg
Feb 5th, 19:35
Do you really want Malta to become the " wild west " ??
Matthew Micallef
Feb 5th, 19:55
To do that we need to stop giving sentences such as monthly instalments for heroin repeat offenders.
Mary Ann Borg
Feb 5th, 20:00
Are you sure we ought to follow the USA in these instances? I'd rather not have gun-totting criminals and police chasing each other. Totally agree with you re the light 'sentencing' which is both silly and very dangerous for the common citizen.
Back to your USA example, drug trafficking, car chases and criminals still abound, notwithstanding.
Jo Camm
Feb 5th, 20:42
Yes Mr Brincat, although I do not fully agree with such harsh penalties, because the police are being abused too much nowadays, I suggest that the lesgilator should impose harsher (than we have) penalties on such perpetrators.
Mr Joseph Scicluna
Feb 5th, 20:51
You watch too many movies.
Mr Ernest Vella
Feb 5th, 21:29
better the wild west than living in an anarchy state
L. Schulte
Feb 5th, 22:36
Mr Ernest Vella
The wild west was anarchy.