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A 23-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night after being found in possession of three grams of cocaine and 80 grams of cannabis. Paphos police’s assistant operations director ...

Switzerland’s capital is examining a pilot scheme to allow the sale of cocaine for recreational use – a radical approach to the war on drugs that is not thought to ...

A 43-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday while in possession of a kilogram of cocaine. Police found 250 grams of cocaine in his car and arrested him. Following his ...

A Greek Cypriot appeared in court in the north on Friday after having been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with 10 grammes of cocaine in ...

A 38-year-old man was handed a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty by Larnaca district court for drug trafficking. A police statement outlining the facts of the case said ...

The justice ministry is increasingly concerned for the public’s health and safety amid increasing drug use trends, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. Attending a workshop over illegal ...

A criminal investigation into 17.5kg of cocaine hidden in banana crates has turned into a legal wrangle between the British bases (SBAs) and the Republic of Cyprus, in what has ...

A quantity of ketamine, a small amount of cocaine and a large amount of money were found on Sunday in the apartment of a 31-year-old man in Limassol, who was ...

Cannabis is not a harmless drug, deputy director of the drug squad said on Thursday, amid a concerning rise in its use and that of many other illegal substances. Speaking ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested on Monday in Limassol after he was found with cannabis and cocaine in his car. According to police, he was pulled over at around 2pm ...

A 29-year-old man has been arrested at Paphos airport for the illegal possession of drugs. The drugs squad and customs officials arrested the man on Friday night after 19 kilos of ...

Larnaca and Limassol have recorded the highest methamphetamine use in Cyprus, according to a European wastewater analysis report on drug use that included over 100 cities. Limassol also recorded an increase ...

A 24-year-old man currently serving a seven-year jail term after he was found with over 10kg of cannabis and 476g of cocaine, saw his sentence increased to 10 years at the ...

Police on Thursday seized around 22 kilograms of cannabis, 400 grams of cocaine, a gun and a large sum of money exceeding €50,000 in a large-scale operation carried out in cooperation with the ...

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 ...

Credit Suisse CSGN.S was convicted by Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court on Monday of failing to prevent money-laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang in the country’s first ...

A 56-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling 6.5 kilos of cocaine into the country. The drugs were found on Tuesday in ...

Cocaine weighing 6.5 kilos was found by the police drug squad (Ykan) in Limassol on Friday as part of a large-scale operation which is currently underway. A police statement also said ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Nicosia in connection with a case of illegal drug possession. According to a police statement, members of Ykan (Nicosia Branch) carried out ...

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. ...

The police drug squad on Thursday said they arrested a 34-year-old man at Larnaca airport after they found over 3.5kg of cocaine in his luggage. The man arrived at the ...

One of Australia’s largest drug busts took place aboard Kypros Bravery, a Cyprus-registered cargo carrier, UK media reported on Saturday. The Australian Federal Police seized 416 kilos of cocaine worth ...

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 ...