#cocaine

A verdict in the case against Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who stands accused of having been in possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine, is expected to be issued by the Nicosia criminal ...

Police on Thursday arrested four people following the seizure of more than 650grams of cannabis, a large sum of money and an air pistol. The arrests were made in the ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of 500 grams of cocaine during a search of a residential property in the Famagusta district last week, the police ...

Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios was provisionally suspended from tennis on Wednesday after testing positive for cocaine, with the volatile Australian owning up to his “huge mistake” in a public ...

Police on Monday arrested a 34-year-old woman as part of an ongoing investigation into a drug case uncovered in Larnaca in March. Her arrest followed evidence obtained during the investigation ...

The prosecution and the defence squabbled on Thursday on the admissibility of phone communications as evidence in the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou. Christodoulou is on trial before Nicosia ...

Two 30-year-old men were remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after police found more than 500g of cocaine in their possession during a drug trafficking investigation in Limassol. ...

Two 34-year-old men were remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday after a police pursuit in Larnaca ended with the seizure of approximately 1.5kg of cocaine. At around 11pm ...

The key prosecution witness in the trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou – facing charges of importing 15 kilograms of cocaine with intent to sell – told the court on Thursday that he had ...

A 28-year-old man has been remanded in custody after more than one kilogram of cocaine was discovered concealed in his body at Larnaca airport, authorities said on Wednesday. The man ...

A 28-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Tuesday after he was arrested for smuggling cocaine into Cyprus by concealing the drugs inside his body. The suspect was stopped ...

In a trial concerning the alleged possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine, the defence on Tuesday questioned the police’s narrative regarding the circumstances in which they arrested two suspects. Nicosia ...

The retrial of Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as “Zavrantonas”, in connection with the possession and trafficking of more than 15kg of cocaine moved forward on Tuesday after he pleaded not ...

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 total of 3.23 kilogrammes of cocaine were seized from the home of a 36-year-old man during a police operation on Tuesday. “The large quantity of cocaine was carefully concealed and ...

The Nicosia permanent criminal court on Monday unanimously ruled that Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as Zavrantonas, will remain in custody pending the retrial of the high-profile case concerning the importation ...

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 ...

A 35-year-old man, arrested on Monday for possession of drugs, was remanded in custody for three days on Tuesday. The Limassol district court heard that on Monday the police had ...

Police arrested a 57-year-old man late on Tuesday in connection with the seizure of more than nine kilogrammes of cocaine in Limassol last year. In August last year, police discovered ...

The appeals court on Thursday threw out the appeals of three men convicted for drug trafficking, upholding the convictions and sentences imposed by the Limassol criminal court, it was made ...

A fourth suspect was arrested on Wednesday in connection with 230kg of drugs found last month in Nicosia, along with a firearm, explosives and a large number of firecrackers. The 27...

About 230,000 doses of narcotics have been “withdrawn from society” after Thursday’s massive haul, with the two arrested not considered to be the masterminds, head of Ykan Christos Andreou said ...

Two arrested after seizure of over 200kg of drugs, weapons and explosives in Strovolos Two men aged 34 and 26 have been arrested to assist police investigations following the discovery of large ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Sunday after police found cocaine in his possession and a quantity of cannabis hidden in nearby vegetation. According to police, officers from ...