The Police Drug Squad arrested five men in three separate drug operations on Saturday.

In the morning they seized cocaine and cannabis in a raid on a shop in Tarxien following surveillance. The police believe the cannabis was intended to be trafficked.

They arrested the owners, a 33-year-old man from Żabbar and a 39-year-old man from Marsascala.

In Paceville on Saturday evening, the police arrested a 29-year-old man from Kappara who was found in possession of amphetamine (speed), as well as a 37-year-old man from Birżebbuġa and a 31-year-old Italian man from Palermo who were both caught with cocaine.

The men will be arraigned in court in the coming days, the police said, as investigations continue.

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