Seventeen people, aged 19 to 41, were arrested on Sunday night after a drug raid at Ta’ Qali, the police said. Fourteen men and three women were found in possession of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis resin.
They come from Swieqi, St Paul’s Bay, Żabbar, Sliema, Siġġiewi, Qormi, Tarxien, Cospicua, St Julians, Vittoriosa and Nadur. Those arrested include a Libyan, a Maltese resident in the US and an Irishman resident in Malta.