A 21-year-old man from Somalia has been sentenced to a year and two months imprisonment after being caught trafficking drugs when he unwittingly approached patrolling policemen in Paceville and offered to sell them cannabis.

Abdirahman Aden Mohamud admitted before Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit to possessing and trafficking two grams of cannabis resin and to committing a crime within 100 metres of a place frequented by young people.

It appears that the accused was in Paceville last Saturday when he approached police officers on patrol and offered to sell them drugs. A search on his person yielded two grams cannabis resin.

The court condemned him to a year and two months imprisonment and ordered him to pay €1,000.

The court also ordered that he be kept at Mount Carmel Hospital's forensic unit so that he could receive the necessary treatment.

Police inspector Justine Grech prosecuted while lawyer Patrick Valentino was defence counsel. 

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