Trafficker jailed 13 years, fined €30,000

A Libyan national has been jailed for 13 years and fined €30,000 after pleading guilty to importing drugs.

Abdurahman Abushiba admitted to importning more than a kilogramme of heroine in his luggage when arriving in Malta last year.

Abushiba had admitted to have imported the drugs to Malta by conspiring with a certain 'Emad' who had promised him 100 grammes of the drug in payment for carrying it in his luggage.