Seven arrested in Marsa and St Julian's raids, including a 16-year-old
Malta police arrested seven people in two separate drug-trafficking investigations, six at a property and a drinking establishment in Marsa and a 39-year-old man at a St Julian's residence. The Marsa searches yielded about 165 packets of suspected drugs and €5,600 in cash, and the St Julian's home about 100 grams of suspected synthetic cannabis; four of the seven were due in court.
Police arrested seven people in Malta in two separate drug-trafficking
investigations, six at a property and a drinking establishment in Marsa’s Triq
il-Ġerrejja and one at a residence in the Ta’ Ġiorni area of St Julian’s.[1]The six held in Marsa were five men aged between 16 and 39 and a 32-year-old
woman.[1]
Searches in Marsa turned up some 165 packets believed to be prepared for sale
and €5,600 in cash.[1][2]Police also confiscated two vehicles they say were used
for drug trafficking.[1]In the second case, officers armed with an arrest
warrant entered a residence on Sir Joseph Carbone Street, St Julian’s, and
arrested a 39-year-old man on the spot.[1][2]The search there yielded about 100
grams of a substance police described as suspected synthetic cannabis, divided
into small packets, a small amount of what they suspect is heroin, and several
mobile phones.[1]
Four of the seven arrested people were to be arraigned that day before
Magistrate Lara Lanfranco.[1][2]Police said both investigations were still
ongoing.[3][2]TVMnews, citing the police, put the Marsa cash seizure at €5,000
rather than €5,600.[3]
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Police photos of cash seized in the raids and of packets of suspected drugs laid out for the camera. Photo: Malta Police ForcePhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The seized substances are described only as suspected synthetic drugs and suspected synthetic cannabis, so no weight of cannabis flower, resin or oil is recorded.
Times of Malta reports €5,600 in cash seized in Marsa, while TVMnews reports €5,000.
The article does not say which four of the seven arrested people were arraigned, and no charges or court outcome are reported.
The date of the arrests is given only as 'in recent hours'; 6 November 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The St Julian's and Marsa substances are described only as suspected synthetic drugs and suspected synthetic cannabis, so no cannabis weight or product is recorded, consistent with the report's existing open question.
A 45-year-old Moroccan man arrested at Malta International Airport with about 150 capsules of suspected cannabis resin in his stomach was arraigned before Magistrate Abigail Critien. He pleaded not guilty to importing cannabis resin not for personal use and association with drug trafficking and was remanded in custody.
Solomon Haile, 32, and Mohammed Eisa, 25, pleaded not guilty in Malta to cocaine trafficking and, for Haile, cannabis possession and selling cannabis without a licence, after a drug squad surveillance operation in St Julian’s. Their lawyers did not request bail, and no quantity or value was published for either drug.
Five people including a 16-year-old girl were arrested in St Paul's Bay after police found about 150 sachets of suspected heroin, cocaine and cannabis, plus about €5,000 and phones. One 20-year-old accused pleaded not guilty to cannabis and cocaine possession and was granted bail on a €1,000 deposit and €10,000 guarantee.
Pedro Da Costa Masi, a 29-year-old Brazilian resident of Mellieħa, was arrested after collecting suspicious parcels at Maltapost and arraigned with charges linked to about nine kilograms of cannabis in the post and further drugs at his home, including six cannabis plants over the legal limit.
