Police said that on Friday, a 34-year old man from Gharb, Gozo, was arrested on drugs related charges, following an operation involving extensive observation and investigation by the Police anti-drug squad.

He was seen leaving his residence and driving towards Qala, where he entered into another property. Police said he later left there and drove towards Victoria.

Police surrounded the car in Independence Square at around 11.30am, following a search of the car they found a bag containing an amount of suspected cocaine.

The search by Police then moved to the man’s home in Gharb, and assisted by the dog section, substances suspected to be cocaine and heroin were found.

He has been detained in custody and Police expect him to be arraigned in Court in the coming hours.

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