A 34-year-old Egyptian man has been taken to court after being accused for aiding a number of people to illegally enter Malta. The case occurred on the 19th of February 2021, when authorities were informed that a group of people who were most likely immigrants were in the Wied iz-Zurrieq and Ghar Lapsi areas. Police convening on the spot found 8 men.
Investigations revealed that the immigrants had entered Malta by use of a speed boat from Libya, which was later found abandoned days later. The aforementioned Egyptian man was one of the eight men who also drove the speed boat towards Malta. He is currently arrested and facing charges. He has plead not guilty but was not given bail.
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