Police inspector Elliot Magro also explained how the Spanish authorities alleged that tuna was being trafficked out of Malta illegally. The Spanish authorities provided the local authorities with photos of trucks bearing Maltese number plates. However, the tuna fish was only declared as “fresh fish”. The Spanish authorities monitored the trucks arriving at the illegal warehouse and in June 2018, they found a big amount of undeclared tuna. Under cross-examination it emerged that Fenech Farrugia was principally arraigned following the phone intercepts.