The police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in Paceville.

The body was found in an old building in Santu Wistin Street, which leads down to St George’s bay.

TVM reports that the body is of a 30-year-old English man, who died of an apparent drug overdose. 

A number of police officers and forensic experts are currently on site.

Eyewitnesses said they had seen members of the Civil Protection Department going into the premises carrying a chainsaw.

Photos Alenka Falzon