Men charged with conspiring to commit crime

Three men have been remanded in custody after they pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit a crime, being in possession of pepper spray and relapsing. Francis Formosa, 42, of Burmarrad, Freddie Zahra, 40, of St Paul’s Bay, and Ismael Habbewi, 39, of St Paul’s Bay had been stopped by the police while they were in a car along the Coast Road. Police Inspector James Grech said the police had received a phone call informing them that there were three suspicious man in a car on the Coast Road. A policeman was sent to investigate and found that in the car the accused were in, there was also a crow bar, pepper spray, hoods and gloves. The accused could not come up with a reasonable explanation as towhy they were carrying these items.