A man, who said in court that his only wish was to go back to his homeland will first have to serve six months in prison, after admitting to selling cannabis in Msida. Jean Warren Dylan Riviere, 29, and holder of a Swedish passport, landed on the wrong side of the law after being caught with a "small" number of cannabis-filled sachets and cash in his pockets on Wednesday. Police had received anonymous reports about some suspicious activity near a convenience store at Msida. Police officers set up watch in the area and, true to the reports, observed a foreign man making “short contact” with other third parties, said prosecuting Inspector Alfredo Mangion. When they stepped in and searched the suspect’s pockets, they came across the sachets filled with cannabis grass and a small amount of cash. But the man carried no personal documents. It later turned out that although he had been living in Malta for some six years, the suspect had lost his Swedish passport some years ago and had not replaced his personal documents. On Friday, the man was charged with selling cannabis grass as well as possessing the drug under circumstances denoting that it was not solely for personal...
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