An operation to remove scrapped vehicles, white goods and tyres illegally dumped in fields in Birżebbuġa was halted by a provisional court order yesterday morning.
The planning authority had on Wednesday started removing tons of the material from an outside development zone known as Ix-Xerriek which had been turned into an illegal scrapyard.
Mepa had already issued several warnings over the dump.
The authority had to stop its direct action after the contravener’s lawyer presented an application to the courts for an injunction to be issued.