#cannabis

The Supreme Court decided to increase a prison sentence for illegal cannabis possession from 3.5 years to seven. The case concerns an individual caught with 2kg and 272g of cannabis and ...

The Paphos District Court issued a four-day detention order against a 22-year-old man for the illegal possession of drugs, burglary tools and property. According to police statement, around 4 am on ...

Larnaca district court remanded a 23-year-old man for eight days on Wednesday in connection with importing 13 kilos of cannabis. At around 2pm on Tuesday, the drug squad and customs at ...

Germany on Wednesday set out plans to legalise cannabis, in a move promised by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government that would make it one of the first countries in Europe ...

A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner‘s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. Griner and ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man in Limassol after finding cannabis several cannabis plants at his house. Following a tip-off, members of the Ykan drug squad searched the man’...

Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man who is being brought before court in connection with the discovery of over 16 kilos of cannabis in the house of a 41-year-old held ...

Police seized two kilos of cannabis from a farmhouse in the Famagusta area on Saturday night and arrested the 27-year-old occupant, they said. Shortly after 7pm officers conducted a search ...

The supreme court has suspended a three-year prison sentenced imposed on a man after he was caught with 47 cannabis plants, finding that the ruling was excessive as the plants were ...

Limassol police on Wednesday said they arrested two people after they found over two kilos of cannabis and a number of cartridges in a house in the district. In total 2 ...

In the last three days, Paphos police caught two people driving under the influence and three others in possession of drugs. According the police information, on Friday Paphos traffic police ...

Ykan (drug squad) officers carried out a series of busts across Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol as four arrests were made, and various substances were identified – ranging from cannabis and cocaine ...

The Limassol criminal court on Friday imposed a prison sentence of 18 years on two persons in connection with a case of importing and possessing cannabis, weighing 72 kg, for the purposes ...

Police have seized four kilos of cannabis from a motorist they stopped during a traffic stop on Saturday evening, they said. Around 6.45pm, drugs-squad officers and traffic police on patrol ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old man who went to a post office in Nicosia to pick up a package containing 160 grams of cannabis. The youth was arrested at around ...

Bases police said on Monday they have arrested a 31-year-old man who attempted to import 125g of cannabis via the post, who is now facing a prison sentence. A sting ...

Three men were on Tuesday remanded in police custody for eight days after 13.5kg of cannabis was found in two packages that arrived at Larnaca airport. Members of the drug ...

The supreme court upheld one of the biggest sentences handed down for transporting cannabis, as an appellant who received just over ten years imprisonment was unsuccessful in his bid to ...

Some nine per cent of young people aged 14 to 18 use cannabis, and one in five of these do so daily, the House legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. The figures ...

Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while COVID lockdowns had a similar effect, raising the risk of depression and suicide, ...

A 68-year-old man has been arrested after officers found over 11 kilos of cannabis in his house in Nicosia, police said on Friday. The man admitted to the offence after he ...

A 30-year-old man on Sunday afternoon visited the Limassol police detention centre and handed over two cups of frappé to a detainee. During the subsequent inspection, two packages wrapped with ...

Police have made a sixth arrest in relation to a drugs raid in Nicosia in February. According to a police report, a 40-year-old man, was arrested by police late Friday. ...

A 62-year-old man was remanded by the Larnaca court for seven days on Wednesday after being arrested on suspicion conspiracy to commit a crime, illegal import of drugs, illegal supply ...