A 37-year-old Gozitan is to be arraigned in court and charged with drug trafficking offences, after police in Malta’s sister island caught the Żebbuġ resident with several sachets of suspected cocaine.

Magistrate Joanne Vella Cuschieri is leading an inquiry into the case, the police said in a statement on Saturday.

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