#drugs

A 28-year-old Greek Cypriot man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison after being convicted of possessing 23kg of cannabis with intent to supply, Sovereign Base authorities said ...

Nine people were arrested in Paphos on Sunday for possession of cannabis, cocaine and other drugs. The police said on Monday the operation ran from 4pm to midnight and involved ...

A 21-year-old man has been remanded for five days in Larnaca after police discovered cannabis and cocaine in his possession while he was riding a motorcycle without registration plates on ...

Cocaine played a part in the majority of deaths caused by drug overdoses in Cyprus in 2024, according to data released in the European Union drugs agency’s latest annual European ...

A 26-year-old man sentenced to 14 years in prison for possession of over 32kg of cannabis saw his appeal rejected on May 29, with the appeals court pointing out that the sentence ...

Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday dismissed a motion to declare a mistrial in the case of Giorgos Christodoulou, alias ‘Zavrantonas’, who is facing charges of importing 15kg of cocaine. The ...

A drug trafficking sentence for possession of 12.9kg cannabis was increased from nine to 12 years on Monday by the court of appeal. During his initial trial, the defendant admitted possession ...

Police arrested two men aged 34 and 25 on Saturday in connection with a case involving illegal possession of drugs, firearms and explosives, after officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in Aglandjia. According ...

Fresh scrutiny fell on the handling of a key protected witness on Wednesday as Giorgos Christodoulou, known as ‘Zavrantonas’, appeared before the Nicosia criminal court for the start of his ...

The court of appeal on Monday ordered a retrial of Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who was in 2022 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. Zavrantonas’ lawyer ...

A total of five people were arrested in Paphos for drug possession on Saturday evening after the car in which they were all travelling was stopped and searched by the ...

A bag containing 0.96 grams of cannabis was found on the internal stairs of the Limassol district court, authorities said on Wednesday. The substance was collected by the Ykan unit for ...

Police seized nearly three kilos of cannabis during checks on a package that arrived in Cyprus, the force said on Wednesday. Police drug unit Ykan said the parcel, found at ...

Three people were arrested after 14g of heroin was seized, police announced on Friday. On Thursday, members of the anti-drug squad stopped a vehicle in Larnaca at around 3.30pm after ...

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Nicosia, police said on Friday, after he collected a parcel containing 400g of cannabis. He is being investigated for his involvement in the ...

Seventeen drivers were found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and two under the influence of drugs during overnight police operations carried out across Cyprus, authorities said. According ...

The Limassol criminal court sentenced two men, aged 62 and 47, to 22 and 20 years in prison, after finding them guilty of the illegal possession of over 100kg of drugs. The two men ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Paphos permanent criminal court on Monday following his conviction for import and possession of more than 16kg of cannabis. ...

A 23-year-old was remanded in police custody on Tuesday after 872.9g of cannabis was found in his possession by the drugs squad in Nicosia. The man appeared before Nicosia district ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday evening in Limassol after police allegedly discovered drugs in his possession during a search of his property. According to the police, officers arrived ...

A sharp increase in the use of amphetamines and methamphetamines was recorded in several cities across Cyprus in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the SCORE network in ...

A cyclist was remanded for five days by the Limassol district court after police found drugs on him when he failed to stop for a check. At around 7.30pm, members ...

Paphos police on Sunday announced they had found a 36kg cannabis stash after carrying out an operation in collaboration with the drugs squad Ykan. The drugs were found in a ...

More than 80 kilogrammes of drugs were destroyed on Thursday by the police drug squad, authorities said. The quantity related to narcotics seized during the investigation of a total of 530 cases ...