Another two men have been arrested by the police in connection with investigations which started in January when 50kg of cannabis were found in the possession of a Maltese man in Tunisia.

The first arrest, of a 19-year-old man, was made in a house in Marsaxlokk on Friday, the police said. A 38-year-old man from Fgura was also arrested in connection with the case.

A 40-year-old Egyptian man resident in Malta was arrested and arraigned in January, shortly after the arrest of the Maltese man in Tunisia.

The police said they also arrested another three men over the weekend in connection with drug investigations.

A 41-year-old man was arrested at his house in Hamrun on Sunday after reports of heroin trafficking.

Another man, aged 36, was arrested in Bugibba after being found in possession of ecstasy and cocaine that were ready for trafficking.

A 30-year-old man from Cospicua was arrested in Birkirkara on Sunday-Monday night after he was found in possession of ecstasy and LSD.

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