That unregistered company was subsequently identified as Bitcoin and Autotrader, operating from a Qormi showroom. He has requested bail.ĭuring the compilation of evidence on Wednesday, a constable from the Police Weapons Office reported that Calleja had never applied for a licence to import explosives.Ī representative from the Malta Financial Services Authority explained that the financial watchdog had received information about the accused, who also went by the name of Jomic Grech and who was running a company without the necessary authorisation. Polonium-210 is a highly radioactive material and a deadly poison that gained notoriety as the substance that was used to kill former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London back in 2006.Ĭalleja stands accused of trying to illegally import explosives and a lethal poison from the United States, via a seller on the dark web. Intercepted communications between the seller and buyer, dating back to June 2019, revealed plans for the radioactive material to be administered in lethal doses to a person weighing between 55 and 65 kilos and 165-175 centimetres tall.Ĭalleja allegedly sought to buy five doses of the deadly Polonium-210, which when administered through food or drink would kill the targeted victim within two weeks. Jomic Calleja, a 34-year old Żebbuġ resident, was arrested in March in the course of investigations by the anti-terrorist unit following a tip-off by foreign security services about unidentified persons who were trying to buy Polonium-210, Ricin and Fentaynl on the dark web, a court was told on Wednesday. The intended victim, however, is not yet known. It does not store any personal data.A man is facing prosecution in Malta for trying to import deadly substances of the type used for assassinations. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "preference" The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "consent"Ĭookielawinfo-checkbox- cli_user_preference The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".Ĭookielawinfo-checbox-cookielawinfoconsent
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