A plastic container filled with what is believed to be cannabis resin washed up ashore at Żonqor Point, Marsascala. yesterday morning.

This was the second time in a week that drugs were recovered from the sea after divers found a container with some 20 kilos of cannabis resin close to Xwejni Bay in Gozo last Tuesday.

The police said they received an anonymous tip-off at around 8.45am yesterday informing them of the find. A package wrapped in blue, containing drugs, possibly cannabis resin, was found.

Duty Magistrate Gabriella Vella was informed about the discovery. She appointed several experts to assist her in the magisterial inquiry. Police investigations are under way.

It is unclear whether the two packages are connected. Sources said tests on the purity of the drug will determine whether it was the same consignment.

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