A man from Sta Lucija today pleaded not guilty to drug possession and trafficking.

The man, Michael Portelli, 27, was caught with eight sachets of heroin and eight pieces of cannabis resin less than 100 metres away from a Hamrun school.

Mr Portelli also pleaded not guilty to possession of heroin and cannabis in the past five years.

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