Six man were remanded in custody this afternoon after having been accused in court of conspiring to traffic ecstasy pills, trafficking and committing a crime within 100 metres of a youth club.
The accused were Matthew Zarb, 22 of Birkirkara, Franklin Orsini, 18 of Fgura, Mark Anthony Bartolo, 34 of Sta Lucija, Duncan Caruana, 23 of Tarxien, Joseph Kevin Borg 36, and a 17-year-old boy from Sta Lucija.
Caruana was also accused of attempted serious injury of a public official , damaging a car and relapsing
All the men were also accused of possession of cannabis.
The police earlier today said officers found 1,000 ecstasy pills in a property in Tarxien when the six were arrested late on Saturday.