Malta police arrest suspect in journalist murder case

Maltese police have arrested a leading businessman after intercepting his yacht off the Island.

Reports say, Yorgen Fenech, owner of the company 17 black, was detained by armed officers, the times of Malta reported.

The arrest comes a day after PM Joseph Muscat said he would consider a pardon for an alleged money launderer suspected of being the middleman in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Galizia, an anti-corruption blogger, was killed by a car bomb in 2017.

Malta’s handling of the case has drawn international criticism.

Police have not yet commented on the operation.