#drugs arrest

A 26-year-old Greek Cypriot was arrested at Paphos Airport on Tuesday after customs officers discovered 119 boxes of cigarettes in his luggage during a routine check. He was due to travel ...

A 47-year-old Italian woman was arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday attempting to smuggle more than 17kg of cannabis into the island. During an X-ray examination of her luggage, suspicions ...

A 25-year-old man from Australia was remanded on Thursday for eight days by the Larnaca district court after authorities discovered more than 23 kilogrammes of cannabis in his luggage. The arrest ...

A 25-year-old Austrian national was arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday after 23kg of cannabis was found in his luggage. During a customs and police drug squad Ykan search, an ...

Five people were arrested on Sunday in Limassol for the possession of drugs, bullets and cash, it was announced on Monday. Two were later released. The other three were remanded ...

A total of 70 boxes of cigarettes and 402 packs of non-duty-paid rolling tobacco were found in the luggage of two British women by officers at Paphos airport on Wednesday, the customs ...

Six people were arrested in Limassol on Tuesday for illegally residing in Cyprus and possession of drugs, during a coordinated operation in an abandoned building following a tip off. The ...

A man being sought after police found 50kg of cannabis was arrested on Saturday after a coordinated operation in the Kalo Chorio area, where the 41-year-old suspect was apprehended. He ...

The man who was arrested at Paphos airport on Friday after having been found to have swallowed cocaine with the intention of smuggling it into Cyprus had swallowed over a ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Limassol for the possession of cocaine and cannabis. The police said the drug squad stopped the man’s car in Limassol after ...

A man has been arrested over the possession of “large amounts of class B drugs” in Ayios Nikolaos, the British bases announced on Tuesday. The bases’ police and the squad ...

A 34-year-old woman was arrested at Larnaca airport for smuggling drugs, the customs department said on Friday. After a risk assessment, the US nationality passenger, who arrived in Cyprus from ...

Six individuals were arrested on Sunday for possessing drugs in a coordinated operation by the drug squad Ykan and the regional police in Limassol, the force announced on Monday. During ...

A Paphos man was on Monday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of multiple criminal charges, including illegal drug possession with intent to supply, money laundering ...

Three men were sentenced to 13 and 15 years in prison on Tuesday for importing large amounts of drugs. The men, aged 31, 45 and 46 were arrested by the drug squad (Ykan) in an ...

Two people, aged 30 and 35, were arrested in Paphos on Friday for illegal possession of drugs, police said on Saturday. An arrest warrant was pending for both, and officers found the ...

A 57-year-old Larnaca man was remanded in police custody on Sunday after he was found in possession of about 2kg of cannabis, police said. When police stopped his car for ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded for eight days at Paphos district court on Saturday after he was found with almost 1kg of cocaine. Members of the drug squad had pulled ...

A 51-year-old British national was arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday after 22kg of cannabis were found in his suitcase, police said. The man flew in from Thailand through the ...

Larnaca District Court on Sunday remanded a 45-year-old man for eight days, after he was discovered carrying 19 kg of cannabis in his luggage at the airport the day before. According ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday by the Famagusta district court for a burglary and illegal possession of drugs. He was reported to have been stealing ...

Three individuals suspected of involvement in a large drug trafficking ring appeared before the Limassol court on Friday for a re-remand hearing. The court granted a new seven-day remand to ...

A large-scale crackdown was carried out in the Paphos district overnight, police said on Friday. During the coordinated operation, officers carried out 62 vehicle stops, issued 22 traffic fines, made one arrest ...

The Paphos drugs squad (Ykan) has made a further arrest in connection with a drug trafficking case from May, it announced on Friday. During investigations into a case of illegal ...