A Colombian resident in Madrid has been sentenced to six years in jail after he was found guilty of conspiring to deal in cocaine.
John Faber Uruena Molina, 34, was also fined €10,000 and ordered to pay the court expenses, which amounted to €2,483.
The accused was first arraigned in August 13, 2013, after the drug squad police apprehended a drug mule, Gloria Stella Vargas Pena, who identified the accused as the mastermind.
After attending several court sittings, the accused disappeared in 2015. A European Arrest Warrant was issued and the accused eventually turned himself in to the Spanish police in June 2015 and was extradited to Malta.
Magistrate Neville Camilleri heard how Ms Vargas Pena and two other men known as Ivan Alexander and Johanni were arrested at the airport following spot checks. The latter two were eventually released.
During a strip search, Ms Vargas Pena removed a capsule from her intimate part containing some 200 grams of cocaine. She told the police she was meant to meet a person wearing a blue top and a white pair of trousers in front of Burger King in Paceville where she was to hand him the drugs.
She testified to knowing a woman by the name of Luz Stella...
