#drugs

Girls in Cyprus reported gambling more than boys in physical locations, drinking more alcohol, and using more synthetic drugs, but they scored lower than boys and below the threshold on ...

It’s every parent’s nightmare – and not just parents, either. Your child (or spouse, or friend, or loved one) is an addict. They’re in the grip of something ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after customs officers discovered 18kg of cannabis hidden inside a parcel at Larnaca airport. The package, which arrived on May 19, was being held ...

Paphos criminal court on Tuesday issued an order for the state to seize the property of two men earlier convicted for possession of narcotics. The court ordered the confiscation of €46,500 ...

A 35-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday evening after being found to be in possession of large quantities of cannabis, which were kept in his vehicle, in his ...

A fourth person has been arrested in connection with a major drug trafficking case in Limassol that shocked authorities last November. The 47-year-old man was detained on Monday under a ...

A 52-year-old man has confessed to killing Yiannis Argyrou who was found dead on Sunday, admitting to the stabbing during a drug-fuelled night in a private garage in Limassol, police ...

A quantity of cannabis exceeding 50 kilograms was found in a stolen vehicle driven by a 41-year-old man, which was pursued by members of the Cyprus police’s anti-drug unit (Ykan) ...

The Tolmi addiction centre in Paphos is aiming to open a new residential addiction treatment facility, with the town’s municipality having given a “positive” response to the idea, the ...

The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations. The suspect was taken before the ...

Two men were arrested in Limassol on Friday during a targeted police operation aimed at disrupting drug trafficking in the area. The operation, led by the Limassol Drug Squad in ...

A 26-year-old woman was remanded for eight days by Larnaca district court on Tuesday for the possession of 40kg of cannabis. The drugs were found in the luggage of the ...

A 26-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday on arrival at Larnaca airport with over 16kg of cannabis in her luggage. The police said on X that the passenger’s luggage ...

The government appears reluctant to drop the resoundingly stupid proposal of forcing people in the vicinity of a football ground, before a match, to undergo alcohol and drug testing. This ...

A mother and son appeared in court on Tuesday following their arrest the previous day for possession of drugs and explosives. They were taken before Larnaca district court, which issued ...

Cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy remain the most commonly illegal used drugs in Cyprus while nicotine and alcohol continue to be the most popular legal drugs according to the latest EU ...

Two teens, aged 19 and 18, were remanded for seven days on Tuesday after being arrested in Larnaca for the possession of drugs. The police received information about the two teens, who ...

Cyprus’ police seized over 600 kilograms of cannabis in 2024, according to an announcement on Wednesday night. In a post on X, the social media platform better known as Twitter, the police ...

A 23-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested in Larnaca for illegal drug possession on Thursday. Police were operating a patrol in Athinon avenue, when they stopped the 23-year-old driver. A ...

Police in Cyprus have confiscated more than 1,450 cannabis-based products, including jellies and cookies containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), weighing a total of 29 kilogrammes in the past year. The seizures took place throughout 2024 ...

A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison by the Famagusta district court. He was sentenced after being found guilty of possessing a firearm, ammunition and ...

Four men are expected to appear in court on the British bases in February after being caught in possession of drugs as a result of the bases’ police’s “Operation ...

Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday after having been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in the Limassol suburb of Ayia Phyla on Monday ...

A total of 114 people have been helped this year at the Tolmi drug rehabilitation centre in Paphos, its chairwoman said on Friday. It said drug and alcohol abuse in Paphos ...