#drugs bust

Police believe they have dismantled a network suspected of distributing opiate-based substances through social media after a series of seizures exceeding 30 kilogrammes over the past ten days, with a 35-year-old ...

Two men, aged 25 and 26, were arrested in Limassol on Friday after an anti-drug operation led to the seizure of almost three kilos of cannabis. The operation was carried out by ...

Four people arrested with over 1kg of cocaine were on Monday referred to the criminal court in Paphos and will remain in custody until their trial begins on June 15. The ...

A 28-year-old man arrested after 1.5kg of drugs were found in his possession was remanded for seven days on Tuesday by the Nicosia district court. Officers from the anti-drug unit ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested over the alleged import of seven kilos of cannabis police said on Thursday. The arrest followed an investigation by the drug squad into a package ...

Prison sentences totalling more than 18 years were imposed on Tuesday on three men convicted in two separate drug trafficking cases. In Limassol, the permanent criminal court sentenced a 32-year-old man ...

A 31-year-old man was on Wednesday handed a 20-year jail sentence after having been found guilty of the possession of a little over 15 kilograms of cocaine and almost 95 kilograms of ...

The successful conclusion of the police operation that led to the confiscation of a large quantity of drugs is “a development of extreme importance for the protection of the society ...

A 45-year-old, suspected of involvement in a drug case connected to an attempted murder committed in Limassol in 2024, will appear before Limassol criminal court in March, police said on Wednesday. ...

The Limassol district court on Wednesday detained a 27-year-old and an 18-year-old for eight days, who were arrested in connection with almost 12 kgs of narcotics. The police drugs squad (Ykan), ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Larnaca district court on Wednesday, after allegedly attempting to import 18kg of cannabis discovered in a courier parcel at Larnaca ...

The 34-year-old woman who was arrested on Friday night after having been found attempting to smuggle almost 37 kilograms of cannabis into Cyprus through Larnaca airport was on Saturday remanded in ...

The prisons department found drugs in the possession of an inmate on Thursday after he had received a scheduled visit. The drugs were confiscated and handed over to the police ...

A 40-year-old man was remanded in custody for seven days on Friday after having been arrested for possession of 7.5 kilograms of cannabis the previous night. The man had been arrested ...

A total of 43 kilogrammes of drugs were found in two unclaimed suitcases which arrived at Larnaca airport on an international flight, police said on Friday. They explained that the suitcases ...

Police said on Friday they arrested a 28-year-old man in Paphos suspected of possessing over 12kg of narcotics in connection with a drug bust earlier in the week in Emba. ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man for case of drug trafficking involving multiple parties under investigation. According to police statement, the 26-year-old was arrested for possession of 2.5kg cannabis ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old resident of Limassol to facilitate investigations into a case of illegal drugs possession. During the course of the investigation minors were also called in ...

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 man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following the biggest ever drugs bust with links to Cyprus which saw 645 kilos of MDMA smuggled to Australia in Cypriot charcoal ...

A cannabis production site was busted on Monday by the drug squad Ykan, with pictures and a video posted on social media showing findings of the raid. The site, seemingly ...

The man Colombia describes as the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: “You beat me” when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said ...

Colombia‘s armed forces have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, in the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the Andean country since the death of Pablo Escobar, President ...