A 51-year-old man from Sliema was arrested after being found in possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances during a search at the old bus terminus in Floriana yesterday morning.

Valletta district police received anonymous information that a man was selling pills outside a kiosk at the terminus, the police said. The police searched the man who was carrying two bags and found a nine-millimetre weapon, 25 blank rounds and two casings.

They also found a substantial number of prescription pills which are currently being examined by an expert appointed by the magistrate carrying out an inquiry.

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