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.