Nine people have been arrested following a raid in a garage in Qormi.

The police said the eight men and a woman, aged between 30 and 42, were arrested following weeks of observation by the Drug Squad and the Special Intervention Unit.

In the raided garage, in Triq Mejjilla, and in the arrested people’s cars the police found suspected cocaine ready for trafficking, electronic scales, sachets containing suspected cocaine and other items used in the abuse and trafficking of the drug.

They also found two unlicensed firearms.

The garage owner was carrying around €3,000 in cash.

The police said some of the arrested people may be arraigned shortly charged with drug trafficking and possession.

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