Two Americans are expected to be arraigned tomorrow charged with association, importation and trafficking of cocaine.
The Americans, who arrived in Malta yesterday on a direct flight from Amsterdam, were caught following a joint operation between the police and the Customs Department.
The police said that a 22-year-old American was stopped on his arrival and a medical examination established he was carrying cocaine capsules in his stomach.
Further investigations established that another American, aged 20, was also carrying cocaine in his stomach. He was arrested at a hotel in Sliema.
Around a kilogramme of the drug was found.
Duty magistrate Anthony Micallef Trigona is holding an inquiry.