17th July 2013 – Five Maltese nationals were accused in Court on conspiring to smuggle contraband cigarettes and participate in organised crime.
17th July 2013 – A woman from the Czech Republic, who arrived in Malta and was caught trying to smuggle into the country, one kilogram of cocaine.
11th July 2013 – Customs intercepted another container full of contraband cigarettes at the Freeport. It arrived from the Persian Golf destined to another European country.
7th July 2013 – A Briton was jailed for 15 years and fined €20,000 after being found guilty of importing 8 kilos of cannabis resin.
30th June 2013 – A container full of contraband cigarettes, arriving from Asia on transhipment to a European country, was seized by Customs at the Freeport.
17th June 2013 – A Panamanian man was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, and fined €30,000 after being found guilty of entering the country with two kilos of cocaine.
13th June 2013 – A Hungarian national, who resides in Spain, was arrested upon arrival in Malta on a flight from Madrid after he was found to be carrying 57 capsules containing heroin in his stomach.
30th May 2013 – German drug dealer jailed and fined