Two men were today remanded in custody after they pleaded not guilty to aggravated possession of cannabis.

Malcolm Falzon, 44, who lives at Sensi Hotel in Marsascala and Sicilian Carmelo Luca, 35, Swieqi, were arrested on Tuesday after the police seized 10 kilograms of cannabis, 15 kilograms of cannabis resin and a kilogram of cocaine from Swieqi and a kilogram of cannabis from a field in Marsascala.

Mr Falzon, who was represented by Edward Gatt, was also charged with trafficking cannabis in 2006 and Mr Luca, who was represented by Giannella de Marco and Gian Luca Caruana Curran, with conspiring to traffic cannabis and cocaine, importing cannabis resin and trafficking cocaine.

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