{"id":629626,"date":"2026-09-19T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629626\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:04:10","slug":"search-on-16-year-old-leads-to-finding-various-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629626\/","title":{"rendered":"Search on 16-year-old leads to finding various drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.newsbook.com.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19114011\/Ritratt-ta-Stqarrija-Stampa-PR-536-26-Nr.3.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ritratt: Pulizija\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ritratt-ta-Stqarrija-Stampa-PR-536-26-Nr.3-696x928.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ritratt-ta-Stqarrija-Stampa-PR-536-26-Nr.3\"\/><\/a>Ritratt: Pulizija<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpml-ls-statics-post_translations wpml-ls wpml-ls-touch-device\">Read in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newsbook.com.mt\/tfittxija-fuq-zaghzugh-ta-16-il-sena-twassal-ghal-sejba-ta-droga-varja\/\" class=\"wpml-ls-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by police as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>He was stopped after police noticed him driving a vehicle. After parking, he got out and walked away. When approached by police, he attempted to flee but was immediately arrested.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the boy and the vehicle led to finding 12 sachets containing a substance suspected to be cannabis, a grinder with traces of what is suspected to be cannabis, five sachets containing a substance suspected to be cocaine, and around \u20ac700 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Police later searched the residence where the boy lives, where they found more suspected cocaine, an electronic weighing scale with traces of an illicit substance and a number of small bags.<\/p>\n<p>The boy is being held at the police lock-up in Floriana and is expected to be arraigned in court today before Magistrate Ann Marie Thake.<\/p>\n<p>Stay updated. Download the free app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/mt\/app\/newsbook\/id571996678\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"social-cta-app-store-button-bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.newsbook.com.mt\/pub\/icons\/app-store.svg\" alt=\"Apple App Store\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.vioside.Newsbook&amp;pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"social-cta-app-store-button-bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.newsbook.com.mt\/pub\/icons\/play-store.svg\" alt=\"Google Play Store\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ritratt: Pulizija Read in Malti. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by police as part of an investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":["post-629626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}