A Maltese man is under arrest in Sicily after police there caught him with almost 18kg of cannabis hidden inside a car he was driving.
The suspect, who is 40, was stopped for a search as he was about to board a ferry to Malta at Pozzallo.
A search of his car, which bears Maltese number plates, revealed 143 packets of cannabis weighing a combined total of 17.74kg.
The man was arrested and taken to a police lock-up in Ragusa, Sicilian news outlet La Sicilia reported.
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-man-caught-sicily-18kg-cannabis.975482
