Fresh opiate seizure in Nicosia leads to arrest of detained man
A fresh quantity of opiate-based narcotics, with a combined weight of one kilogram, was discovered and seized by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit, which proceeded to arrest a 35-year-old who was in custody for another drug matter involving ten kilograms.
Fresh opiate seizure in Nicosia leads to arrest of detained man
Anti-drug officers in Nicosia uncovered and confiscated another batch of opiate-based narcotics weighing one kilogram in total, according to Φιλελεύθερος.
The package, containing dried poppy pods of the species Papaver somniferum, arrived at a courier-company premises in the capital on 22 June 2026. It was addressed to a 35-year-old who was taken into custody on the basis of a court order.
The same individual had already been held since 19 June 2026 over a separate drug-trafficking file involving the discovery of more than ten kilograms of opiate material. A 31-year-old woman is also in custody for that earlier case.
The Nicosia branch of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (Ykan) is continuing its inquiries into both matters.
Source: Philenews