NET News reported that sources have indicated how the Sliema suitcase corpse victim was being used as a drug mule and died when the drugs placed inside his body ruptured.
It is suspected that his traffickers planned to send him on a flight to a European destination, deliberately choosing a disabled individual to avoid scrutiny.
On Monday, the suitcase was spotted near Manoel Island by a Scottish man around 2 PM. Police and forensic teams arrived on the scene and retrieved the suitcase, which contained human remains that were not in an advanced state of decomposition.
A search of the seabed, aided by the Armed Forces of Malta, revealed the victim’s hands and feet.
Investigators confirmed the hatchet used to dismember the body was not the murder weapon but was purchased from a Naxxar hardware store, along with the suitcase.
The victim, believed to be aged 40 to 50, was likely being prepared for travel abroad before his death.
The search for the alleged killer remains ongoing, as investigators unravel the gruesome case of a disabled man whose dismembered body was discovered in a suitcase floating near Gżira.
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Source: NET News
