A 41-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Tuesday after he was caught trying to cross into the government-controlled areas with about 10kg of illegal drugs.

Nicosia district court remanded the suspect who was arrested at the Ayios Dometios crossing point around 4.30pm on Monday.

The man was driving from the north to the government-controlled areas of Nicosia.

Customs officers stopped his car for inspection and identified the driver as a 41-year-old resident of the north.

During the ensuing search, 8.641kg of methamphetamine, 1.546kg of cocaine and 293g of heroin were found and confiscated. An unidentified liquid substance weighing 378g and 69g of plant material were also found.