A 26-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday at Larnaca airport for importing large amounts of cannabis into the island and has been remanded for eight days, police said on Wednesday.

He was subjected to a customs check at around 5.30pm, when 44 packages containing dried cannabis, with a total weight of 23.946kg were found in his luggage.

The man appeared before Larnaca court on Wednesday which issued an eight-day remand order against him.

The drugs were seized by the police, and the man was arrested and detained, while police investigations are ongoing.