The police have intensified their investigations into last Wednesday’s double murder of a convicted drug trafficker and his 21-year-old son and are expected to arraign another two people tomorrow, sources said.

The police believe that Mario Camilleri Snr, 58, known as l-Imniehru, was killed in Marsaxlokk while his 21-year-old son Mario Jnr was shot and stabbed 34 times in Qajjenza, Birżebbuġa, shortly afterwards.

Late on Friday, Jason Galea, 39, of Birzebbuga, a brother-in-law and uncle of the victims, respectively, was charged with both murders.

The two men were found party buried in a shallow grave at a field in Qajjenza.

The remains of a foot, which police believe may belong to 27-year-old Matthew Zahra, who went missing in August last year, was also found. DNA tests are under way.

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