The police’s ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking led to the arrest of two men during Thursday night in Paceville.
During a routine patrol in the popular nightlife area, police officers noticed a man acting suspiciously while working as a bouncer at a venue on Triq San Ġorġ. Officers continued to monitor his movements, eventually following him into a restroom, where they caught him red-handed with four suspected cocaine sachets in one hand and a card payment machine in the other.
Inside the restroom, two other individuals were present, one of whom was seen using the payment machine to process a card transaction.
The suspect, a 21-year-old Serbian national working as a bouncer, was arrested on the spot. Further investigation revealed that the card machine allegedly belonged to the venue’s DJ, a 34-year-old Libyan man.
Police proceeded to arrest the DJ, and a search of his belongings uncovered a second card payment device, along with a number of empty sachets, all of which were confiscated.
Police investigations into the case are still underway.
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