Some of tanker's torched cannabis survives, nine arrested

About 3,400 kilograms of cannabis resin were saved from the flames out of the 30 tons torched by the crew of the Tanzanian registered cargo ship off Malta last weekend. A spokesman for Italy’s Guardia di Finanza yesterday told Times of Malta that the Italian police arrested nine people in connection with the Gold Star drug find and the case was now being investigated by the Modica courts. Read the full story in Times of Malta or on timesofmalta.com premium.