#drugs

Three men were on Tuesday remanded in police custody for eight days after 13.5kg of cannabis was found in two packages that arrived at Larnaca airport. Members of the drug ...

Three people, a 45-year-old man and two women, aged 32 and 35, were remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday by the Larnaca District court following their arrest for alleged ...

Some nine per cent of young people aged 14 to 18 use cannabis, and one in five of these do so daily, the House legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. The figures ...

Limassol police are investigating after finding more than two kilos of methamphetamine buried in an open space in a village in the district. Police said they found 2.18kg of the ...

Illicit drug sales are increasingly being conducted online, in part because of the pandemic, a senior police officer said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference ahead of International Day ...

Police on Saturday said they had arrested three people for alleged drug possession and suspected intent to distribute. On Friday afternoon, members of the drug force (Ykan) intercepted a vehicle ...

The Czech police seized a large shipment of cocaine hidden among bananas delivered to several supermarkets, the police and local media said on Friday. “Supermarket workers found moulded cocaine cubes ...

Continuing its zero tolerance policy towards drug use, the British Bases police have arrested 31 people for possession of drugs, it said on Friday. The arrests were made in the villages ...

Nicosia anti-narcotics police are investigating two cases of illegal importation of drugs, anabolic substances and pharmaceuticals through the post office, police said on Monday. The first involves the import of ...

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 35-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday after he tried to pick up a post office parcel with illegal drugs in Larnaca. The suspect was arrested on ...

By Andrea Charalambous A 20-year-old man was remanded for six days by Paphos district court on Tuesday in connection with forged prescriptions. He was the front seat passenger in a ...

Police said on Sunday that there had been a total of 6,452 out-of-court fines for various traffic offences over the past week. The bookings for traffic violations were carried out between 6 ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Monday after police found drugs and firearms in his possession. The items were discovered during a police operation at the suspect’s house, as ...

A 30-year-old man on Sunday afternoon visited the Limassol police detention centre and handed over two cups of frappé to a detainee. During the subsequent inspection, two packages wrapped with ...

Police have arrested a 56-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman after 2.5 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in a briefcase that was hidden inside a cardboard box, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) ...

A 36-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after 3.5 kilos of cannabis and almost €9,500 were found in his car. The man was arrested around 8pm on Friday when ...

Turkish Cypriot police uncovered 11 kilos of Indian cannabis worth €375,000 (TL 6m) following a raid at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Friday. Kibris Postasi’s website reported that ...

Two men, aged 27 and 23, were remanded in custody for seven days on Wednesday as police investigate a case of illegal possession of drugs with intent to supply, illegal possession and ...

Larnaca district court on Saturday ordered the eight-day remand of a 19-year-old caught attempting to smuggle drugs from abroad through Larnaca airport, police said. Drug squad Ykan commander Michalis Katsounotos ...

Paphos police on Saturday said the drug squad (Ykan) made two arrests related to drugs offences after placing an apartment complex in Paphos under surveillance. The arrests were of two ...

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. ...

Two men, aged 26, were arrested on Friday for knife possession and driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos. The arrest came as traffic officers who were carrying out checks ...