Police have said that 150 people have been fined over group gatherings in Pembroke and Mellieha over the weekend.
On Friday, Qawra District Officers together with Rapid Intervention Unit Officers were alerted about a party being held in a private residence in Mellieha.
Whilst onsite, Police said that loud music could be heard and inside 35 people were found partying. Officers from the Malta Tourism Authority were informed and assisted at the scene.
Then early on Saturday and Sunday mornings 80 and 35 youths respectively were found gathered at the Natura 2000 site in Pembroke, where a party was being held on wasteland in the area.
Police said that during one of these inspections a police constable was slightly injured after being assaulted by an 18-year-old French youth who tried to flee the scene, however he was apprehended soon after and will be charged in court in the coming days.