A Nigerian man who lives in Sicily yesterday denied smuggling 640 grams of cannabis grass into Malta on the catamaran.
When Eshiemokhai Yakubu Okhiulu, 30, arrived from Sicily on Monday night he was searched by Drug Squad police, who found packages containing the cannabis.
He pleaded not guilty to conspiring with others to deal in drugs, importing the drug and to drug possession in circumstances denoting it was not for his personal use.
He was remanded in custody. Police Inspector Nikolai Sant prosecuted.