€ 60,000 drugs seized: One man arrested

A 39-year-old man from Marsascala was arrested on Monday morning after police found around 1kg of what is believed to be cocaine.

Officers from the Anti-Drug squad had been watching the man for several days and following a car chase in Triq il-Qaliet in the town, during which the suspect crashed into a police car, he was arrested.

Officers found the drugs in his car and a search of a residence in Marsa uncovered a firearm.

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