A 28-year-old Portuguese man has been arrested after heroin was found in 45 capsules in his stomach.

The man arrived on a flight from Turkey yesterday. The police were tipped off that he was carrying drugs and tracked him down in a hotel in Sliema.

The police also established that the drug was destined for a Libyan man resident in Safi.  He too was arrested.

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