Two policemen on patrol caught a man with a knife trying to stop drivers as cars went past the Addolorata Cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The mobile squad officers, Ray Mizzi and Robert Vassallo, spotted him acting suspiciously outside the cemetery entrance. As they stopped to investigate, they saw him holding a penknife and attempting to stop cars driving down towards Marsa.
The officers managed to disarm and arrest him.
The 41-year-old from Paola was taken in for questioning.