Jordan Azzopardi, the infamous ‘El Chapo Ta’ Malta’, has been arrested over drug trafficking and possession charges.

In a statement, the police said that the incident happened at 3.15pm this afternoon. It said that officers were tailing an unnamed man, which reports have confirmed is Azzopardi as he drove his BMW in Madliena.

Police were following him as they believed he was carrying drugs. Azzopardi then tried to evade police and ended up colliding with another car.

He was found with a substantial amount of cocaine.

Azzopardi is currently out on bail on drug trafficking charges.

He has been accused of running a drug distribution network, facing 15 charges which includes trafficking heroin and cocaine.

He was arrested in 2019 but was granted bail in August 2021.

Azzopardi was notorious for his alleged drug operation and had become proficient at evading the police’s grasp. 

He allegedly had multiple properties around the island that featured fake walls, hard-to-penetrate steel doors, CCTV, stone barricades, and entire vats of acid to throw the heroin and cocaine in if he was ever caught.

Raids in Balzan, Birkirkara, Marsa, Pieta, Blata l-Bajda and Gżira were all held in an attempt to find Azzopardi. However, he evaded police on at least four different occasions.

One person who was arrested during raids described how Azzopardi had pulled a knife on him and hit him with it, while another said he was violent towards his employees as well as drug users.

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