John Grima, 67 of Hamrun, was today jailed for 15 years and fined €30,000 for importing drugs.

Sentence was delivered after a trial by jury where jurors heard how Mr Grima imported cocaine hidden in decorative candles.

He was arrested in January 2006 after flying in from Amsterdam.

The jurors returned a 6-3 guilty verdict aafter five hours of deliberation.

 

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