#cannabis

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 ...

A 38-year-old suspect in a major drugs bust case has been set free after the legal service ruled there was not enough evidence warranting a renewal of his remand, it ...

A suspect in a major drug haul case was on Thursday found dead in his cell in Limassol, with the police all but ruling out foul play. The man, a 61...

Police have made a second arrest in connection with the discovery of 132 kilos of cannabis in a container at Limassol port earlier this month. They said the arrest of a 61...

Cannabis use in Cyprus in 2021 increased, whereas cocaine use decreased, the annual report presented by the Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) on Tuesday showed. “The development of a strategy to ...

Limassol, along with Ayia Napa, is one of the main centres of hard drug use in Cyprus according to an EU drug monitoring unit report, although it saw a marked ...

A 38-year-old man was remanded for a further eight days on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a huge drug bust in which 132kg of cannabis was seized by police. ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday in Limassol on suspicion of cannabis possession. Police said they stopped the suspect while he was driving in a specific area in Limassol. ...

A young man was arrested Tuesday night following a car chase by Paphos police in the downtown area. According to the police statement, around 8pm a traffic patrol conducting checks ...

A 38-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a bizarre drug bust in which 132kg of cannabis was seized by the drug squad. ...

The ‘coalition government’ in the north is reportedly considering giving the green light for the industrial cultivation of cannabis in the Mesaoria plain, Turkish Cypriot paper media wrote. Citing newspaper ...

A fourth suspect has been remanded for eight days in relation to the smuggling of 27.5 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport last July, police said on Saturday. According to the ...