40 bags each containing half a kilo of suspected gunpowder have been seized by the AFM after being discovered by a police patrol last night.

The bags, containing black powder, were spotted by a police patrol in Kalkara Creek between Vittoriosa and Kalkara. Some were on a quay and others in the sea.

The police called in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit of the AFM about 1 a.m.

The bags were taken to the EOD base at Manuel Island for further analysis.

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