Bar brawl report ends with man hiding cocaine in his mouth
Police responding to reports of a bar brawl in St Paul's Bay ended up catching a man hiding cocaine in his mouth while breaking his curfew, a court heard today.?
Ramzi Abdulhafid Ib Abukem, a 35-year old living at St Paul's Bay, was caught at the bar at 4am on Sunday, when police who arrived to stop a fight between a separate group of men spotted him and immediately realised he ought to have been at home.?
When officers searched him, they found a sachet of suspected cocaine hidden in his mouth.?
Mr Abukem faces charges of possessing cocaine which he failed to prove was for his personal use and of breaching bail conditions imposed last July. He has also been charged with involvement in an aggravated theft dating back to October.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Mr Abukem was also charged with commiting?crimes during the operative period of a suspended sentence delivered in October 2016, whilst also being a relapser.
Prosecutors objected to his request for bail, saying the charges were serious and civilian witnesses were yet to testify. Mr Abukem?had already breached earlier bail conditions, the court was also told.
Defence counsel Kathleen Calleja Grima pointed out the...
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