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Nicosia drug squad arrested two men late on Tuesday in connection with two separate cases of illegal drug possession. The first man, 27, was stopped by members of the drug squad ...

Police made a third arrest on Monday in connection with the seizure of over seven kilos of cannabis in Limassol. A 23-year-old man is the third to be arrested since ...

Police in Paphos have arrested two men for driving under the influence of drugs in two separate cases, it was announced on Monday. According to the Police, members of the ...

A second suspect, aged 18, was remanded for seven days by Limassol district court in relation to a suspected drug trafficking case for which a 21-year-old has already been arrested, police ...

An eight-day-remand order was issued against a 21-year-old man by the Limassol District Court on Friday after he was arrested with over 7 kilos of cannabis on Thursday, while police are ...

Larnaca district court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to two years in jail for illegal drug possession and intent to sell. The man was arrested on April 2 after the ...

Eleftheria Square will be symbolically lit in purple on Tuesday evening to honour International Overdose Awareness Day, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives to overdose and recognise ...

Over 23 kilos of cannabis was found on Saturday in the luggage of a man aged 25 who flew into Paphos airport from Greece, police said. A search of the luggage uncovered 40 ...

The pragmatic v the quixotic – there are lots of ways to divide people over Covid vaccines but Theo Panayides asks what is driving people to make a decision over getting ...

Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs each year. Often forgotten in this story is a problem of basic biology. What goes in must come out. Sewers are inundated with drugs ...

A 50-year-old man who was driving drunk without a licence and under the influence of drugs injured an officer and crashed into a police car late on Monday in Paphos. ...

Developing new drugs takes time and money, which is why repurposing existing ones to fight coronavirus makes so much sense. THEO PANAYIDES speaks to a local scientist involved in a ...

Despite a drop in usage across the board, the drugs market showed durability and adaptability during last year’s lockdown, with dealers finding new ways and tricks to supply their ...

A surge in meth use over the past five years has caused alarm, with an official telling the Cyprus Mail that the problem is getting worse each year. Ykan (drug ...

The Supreme Court has upheld an eight-year jail sentence handed down to a defendant found guilty of possessing nearly 1 kilo of cocaine with intent to supply, the Cyprus News Agency ...

The customs department seized over nine kilos of cannabis and confiscated around 67,000 cigarettes across Cyprus in May. On top of that, it also seized 893 cigars, almost 29 kilos of loose tobacco, 8,690 ...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who injured a policeman when fleeing a police check, having first thrown out eight pouches containing five grams of cannabis out of the window ...

The British bases on Wednesday did not confirm or deny reports from the UK that ten of its soldiers had tested positive for cocaine. Ten SBA personnel who allegedly failed ...

The 45-year-old father of a five-year-old boy who tested positive for cocaine last week in Limassol has been arrested, police told the Cyprus Mail. Police also issued an arrest warrant ...

A 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were remanded on Monday until June 17, when they will appear in court in connection with the death of a Bulgarian national who was ...

The Limassol district court on Thursday issued an eight-day remand against two men, one aged 29 and the other, his stepfather, aged 41, who were arrested on Wednesday after they were allegedly ...

Cocaine, amphetamines, and ecstasy did not appear to be the drugs of choice among residents of Nicosia and Limassol, according to a study of urban wastewater conducted in April 2020, when ...

Paphos police caught two people driving under the influence of drugs, one on Tuesday evening and the other one later at night. The first, a 23-year-old man, was stopped by ...

Police seized 32 kilos of cannabis in Nicosia and Larnaca and detained two suspects in two separate cases, officials said on Tuesday. Police and customs officers found 27 kilos of the drug ...