A 31-year-old Italian man from Catania was arrested yesterday evening following days of observation by the Drug Squad.

The police said in a statement the man, who had some 10 kilograms of cannabis grass, was arrested at the hotel in Sliema, where he was residing.

He is expected to be arraigned in the coming days.

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