Since February the police have arrested 7,975 people in the course of criminal investigations, Home Affairs Minister Emanuel Mallia told Parliament.

He was answering a question by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi.

The minister said 2,273 of those arrested had made use of the right to take legal advice before submitting to police interrogation.

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