#drugs

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 ...

Police in Paphos arrested two people in the last three days during traffic checks for illegal possession of narcotics. According to Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, two people in two ...

Police task force cracking down on illegal trade With drug busts on an almost daily basis and increasingly large stashes found, the island’s police drugs task force has painted ...

Multiple firearms and 22 kilograms of cannabis were found by police during the search of a house in Liopetri. The firearms included a shotgun with 61 rounds of ammunition and a loaded ...

A 42-year-old from Paphos has been arrested after being found in possession of cannabis during a traffic stop on Wednesday. The man was charged in writing for his crime and ...

Central Nicosia’s Eleftheria square will be lit up lilac on Thursday evening to commemorate International overdose awareness day. The initiative has been jointly organised by the Cyprus Addiction Treatment ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested in possession of 22kg of cannabis, Limassol police said on Saturday. Drug squad officers searched the house of the suspect located in Vasa Koilani village ...

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 ...

A 26-year-old suspect was remanded by Limassol district court on Saturday morning after over 30kg of cannabis was found in his possession, with reports saying he is not cooperating with ...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man on Thursday evening as part of an ongoing drugs case investigation. According to the police, a small amount of cannabis ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old woman for assault, disturbance, and possession of illegal drugs. According to the police, shortly after midnight it was reported that a woman outside a ...

Limassol police on Wednesday announced the seizure of over 340 rounds of ammunition, a large amount of cash and a quantity of cocaine, from the residence of a 49-year-old man, who ...

A 42-year-old man was clocked driving at 235km an hour on the highway near Kofinou on Friday night , almost two and a half times the speed limit. Traffic Police detected ...

Resistance to reforms and changes promoted comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on ...

Sixteen kilos of cannabis was found in the luggage of a man arriving at Larnaca airport, police said on Sunday. The 28-year-old was remanded for eight days by Larnaca district ...

A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday after she was found guilty of importing almost 13kg of cannabis resin, as a second woman aged 42, was jailed ...

The use of methamphetamine and other stimulant drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines are below the EU average in Cyprus with cannabis remaining the number one drug of choice ...

Police said on Saturday they had found around 10kg of cannabis hidden in 11 separate bags, hidden under grass at different spots in a rural part of Nicosia. The find began ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 27-year-old man on Wednesday after he was found to be the recipient of a parcel sent from abroad containing 540 grams of dry cannabis. The arrest ...

A 35-year-old man was remanded for five days by the Paphos district court on Thursday on the suspicion of importing drugs, police said. According to police, the investigation began after ...

A Greek Cypriot man was remanded for three days in the north after a drug bust he tried to flee from that resulted in a ‘police’ chase. Turkish Cypriot media ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested, after police found over 2,000g of cannabis and a dozen grammes of cocaine in his possession, authorities said on Sunday. According to police, the drug ...

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 ...

A woman aged 33 was arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday night after police said they found almost 17 kilos of cannabis in her luggage, they said. Police did not provide information ...