Three hooded men got away with cigarettes and tobacco yesterday when they held up a van at Swieqi.
The robbery took place at around noon in Triq l-Ilqugh when the three men, who were also armed and using a van and a car, stopped the cigarette van being driven by a 34-year-old man from Sliema.
Their haul was considerable, the police said.
Duty magistrate Tonio Micallef Trigona was informed.