A 33-year-old Libyan man has been arrested on Sunday following investigations and surveillance conducted by the police in connection with a criminal ring involving motorcycle thefts from various localities.
The police stated that the surveillance was concentrated in various localities in the north of Malta which led to the police on Thursday afternoon observing the alleged suspect riding a motorcycle in the Xemxija area when he was stopped and arrested. The man was riding a stolen motorcycle.
The police continued that the investigations carried out since have resulted that the arrested individual was allegedly involved in the theft of at least six motorcycles from the St Julian’s, Naxxar, and St Paul’s Bay localities. It added that he is also being investigated in connection with a theft from a vehicle, the theft of electronic equipment from a Naxxar office, as well as damage to a police vehicle.