A 38-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for importing opioids.

The Paphos district court found the man guilty of importing 500g of dried poppy pods, in a parcel which arrived at Larnaca airport in June.

The police drug squad stopped the suspect while riding a motorcycle in Paphos and found 1g of powder, suspected to have come from dried poppy pods, during the search.

The suspect was remanded to facilitate investigations.