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20-year-old who hid cocaine in car wheel arrested

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A 20-year-old man was arrested after 43 plastic bags with cocaine were found in his car, police said on Saturday.

Members of the Nicosia drug squad stopped the man’s car for a check around 6.30pm on Friday at the Nicosia – Larnaca motorway.

During their search, they found 43 plastic bags containing a total of 26 grammes of white powder believed to be cocaine inside the wheel cover of his car.

Officers arrested the man for illegal possession of drugs and possession with the intent to deal.


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