Balzan Robbery - Crime in Malta
The bomb disposal unit was brought out after a package was found on the porch of a family home in Balzan , which turned out to contain leftover items from a five-figure robbery at a nearby house. The cash was not found and is still unaccounted for, even though the main suspect of the theft, an employee of the household, has been arrested. They said the robbery took place on the evening of Friday 14 th December. Around 6pm a man noticed a package on his front porch and proceeded to call the police. Police came on site and closed off the area while the AFM’s Bomb Disposal Unit came to investigate. They found that the package had no explosives. Instead, the package contained miscellaneous items including an envelope which had the figure “€60,000” written on it. The police checked the CCTV footage of a nearby residence. The only person seen on the video entering the premises was the same employee, who was shown entering and leaving the house three times in a short pe...