Hours of surveillance by the Drugs Squad paid off when a 47-year-old Libyan man was caught selling drugs in Ħamrun yesterday morning.

The police said that after receiving a tip-off, the man was caught with packets of heroin which were about to be sold in Fra Diegu Square.

The man, who lives in Buġibba, will be arraigned in the coming days.

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