Latest update: 22:18
Officials from the Major Crimes Unit, Rapid Intervention Unit, Special Intervention Unit, district police and Armed Forces have intervened in a major police manhunt after shots were fired Mellieha earlier this evening. TVM have reported that the police chased a vehicle down the Mellieha bypass after the suspected individual was being monitored for a couple of days by local enforcement officials. No injuries have been reported so far.
The Malta Police Force has since issued a photo of the suspected drug trafficker Aidan Bartolo, who reportedly drove into official police vehicles in an attempt to escape when he noticed that he was being followed. It was at that moment that the police were instructed to fire in the direction of the individual in order to stop him.
The suspect then exited his car and made way to the Miżieb area on foot. The police are currently searching for the individual and have appealed to the public that anyone with any information on the matter may communicate with the police, even anonymously, via Facebook Messenger or by phone on 21224001 / 119 and quoting number 7/2021.
An eye witness has since reported that children were training in a nearby football ground when the gunshots were fired, with the children taken indoors soon after.
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