€100,000 Worth Of Cocaine Found In Birkirkara Search
Around 1.8kg of a substance suspected to be cocaine was found in a traffic operation.
The white powder is suspected to have a street value of up to €100,000.
Officers from the Anti-Drug Squad, with the assistance of the Rapid Intervention Unit, arrested a 32-year-old man from Valletta in relation to drug trafficking.
After days of surveillance, officers stopped the man’s car in Triq Borg, Birkirkara, as he was driving through the street. A search of the man’s vehicle found 1.8kg of the substance as well as an undisclosed amount of cash.
If sold, this substance would be worth over €100,000, officers said.
Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras has opened an inquiry into the arrest, with the man expected to be charged in court today at 2.15pm.
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