A total of 25 people were arrested over the weekend after they were found in possession of drugs in Cirkewwa and Gozo.

The police said five people aged between 20 and 27 from Birkirkara, Zabbar, Ghaxaq and Naxxar were arrested at Cirkewwa on Friday after they were found in possession of ecstacy and cannabis grass and resin.

Last night, during several raids and searches in Gozo, 16 people were found in possession of ecstacy, cocaine and cannabis. Another found people were found in possession of cocaine and ecstacy in amounts which denoted the drugs were not for their personal use. The people arrested last night were aged between 18 and 32.

Several people are expected to be arraigned in the coming days.

The police said later that in the past days they also arrested another 17 people in Gozo after they were found in possession of what is suspected to be cocaine, cannabis and ecstacy.

Another person was held for trafficking cocaine and ecstacy.

 

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