Jailed eight years for association to drug trafficking
A man who was arrested by the police while buying drugs in a car was today jailed for eight years and fined €23,000 after he admitted to association to traffic drugs.
The accused, Christian Grech, also being admitted to being in possession of cocaine.
The arrest was made in December 2007 in St Paul's Bay. The police had observed Grech waiting in a car, where he was joined by a Liberian man, Ibrahim Koroma.
A police search of the car revealed several thousand liri in then Maltese currency while the Liberian man was found to be in possession of 200 grams of cocaine. A further 570 grams of heroin and 200 grams of cocaine were found in Koroma's house.
Koroma admitted to the police that he had been trafficking drug and was selling cocaine to Grech.
Grech had been buying the drug from the Liberian for Lm2,000 per 100 grams. He made at least five purchases.
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joe galea
Oct 11th 2012, 09:07
This case took 5 years !!!!!
stephen mifsud
Oct 10th 2012, 22:30
now this is a correct decision by the courts as Cocaine is the devils drug BUT i do not agree with the Cannabis approach and sentences as its been proven again and again that Cannabis is a "soft drug " and courts are way off on the punishment for using Cannabis and they are putting good people,in jail for its use .... Cannabis is good for many issues and yes some people react to it differently .
Mario Busuttil
Oct 10th 2012, 15:19
Piena ta 8 snin u 23,000 euros multa talli xtara 100 gramma cocaina ,nahseb irridu inkunu fair issa mal gustizzja u il Qrati li inaghtat din il piena.100 gramma mhux kilo ...,ghalkemm ammont sostanzjali. Well done toour Court ...Justice is made .Hekk ghandhom ikunu il pieni.
Mark. Galea
Oct 10th 2012, 16:05
naqbel 100%
Mr John Borg
Oct 10th 2012, 14:45
Poor thing, this guy happened not the be from Mellieha. Otherwise he would have gotten away with a simple warning.
James Dewar
Oct 10th 2012, 14:43
Mmm? What is the most serious crime likely to attract the harshest sentence? Shoot someone in the head with a shotgun? Drive into someone with a vehicle? Be associated with dealing drugs? Until this week I would have had little trouble grading these crimes. But now???
David Hill
Oct 10th 2012, 15:37
Ah!
But if you take drugs you might do something stupid like shoot someone in the head with a shotgun, or run them down with your car
James Dewar
Oct 10th 2012, 15:49
Good point but that would then be a further dilema for the court as there would be additional charges to consider perhaps leading to a deal on bulk discount on sentencing?!!l
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