The police have arrested two men after receiving a report of an attempted break-in at an apartment in Triq Ghawdex, St Paul’s Bay.

The district police stopped and searched a man on site and arrested him after he was found in possession of a crowbar.

Later, officers from the Rapid Intervention Unit arrested a second man in Qawra.

The two men are a 28 year-old from Birkirkara and a 39 year-old of Balzan. They will be taken to court in the coming days.

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