Over 50 grams of cocaine were imported from Spain hidden in a laptop computer taken on a Ryanair flight from Girona on Saturday, the police said on Monday.

The drugs and the computer were found in a raid by police in an apartment in Rabat on Saturday afternoon.

According to the police, more drugs were found in an apartment and garage in Gżira in this case packets of heroin which were ready to be put on the market.

In separate cases reported by the police, a 26-year-old man from Qormi was arrested when he was found carrying 86 ecstasy pills. Five other persons were arrested Sunday afternoon during a party in the North of Malta after they were found in possession of drugs namely ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis.