A 40-year-old Briton, who could be imprisoned for 20 years after his involvement in a cocaine deal worth Lm 950,000 (€2.2 million, US$2.8 million), was arrested in Sicily after arriving there on a ferry which departed from Malta.
Richard Craston from Beaconsfield, Bucks, was arrested by Italian police after being caught with four kilograms of cocaine hidden in his car.
According to ThePeople.co.uk, Suspicious Customs officials had been observing the man for a long while and had tailed Craston movements to and forth between Italy to Malta and back as part of an international drug smuggling probe.
This is not the first time the Maltese-Sicilian ferry is used for purposes of drug smuggling. In July a 45-year-old man was caught with 50,000 ecstasy pills by Maltese Customs Officers. The man, a Briton identified as Steven Marsden was caught after traveling back to Malta from Sicily on a catamaran trip. The value of the pills exceeded Lm 250,000($741,594, €582,330).
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Man in court over 50,000 ecstasy pills
By MaltaMedia News
Jul 11, 2006, 15:47 CET
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