A total of 5,510 people were caught smoking in places where smoking is prohibited between 2011 and August this year, Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia told Parliament today.

He was answering a question by opposition MP Jason Azzopardi.

Most - 1,968 - were caught in 2011. There were 1,536 and 1,458 in 2012 and 2013, respectively, and 548 until the end of August this year.

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