A 16-year-old Romanian who was caught alongside his Sicilian friend during a drugs raid has been fined €500 for aggravated possession while the other man was remanded in custody.

The 16-year-old, who is not being named because is a minor, was found with some 50 grams of cannabis grass during the raid on Wednesday in Swieqi. Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit fined him €500 after taking into consideration his age and early admission to the charges.

During the same raid, some three kilograms of cannabis grass and some 30 grams of was suspected to be cocaine, was also found together with cash at the house of Davide Sapienza, 34, from Swieqi.

In a statement the police said that amongst the items confiscated by the police, was a Ferrari and a Citroen.

During the arraignment yesterday, Mr Sapienza denied trafficking cannabis and possession of the drug and cocaine which denotes it was not for his exclusive use.

Lawyer Gianluca Caruana Curran told the magistrate that is client would not be requesting bail at this stage and she remanded him in custody.

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