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.