Dane flown home to face drug charges

DANISH national Kurt Nielsen was flown from Larnaca back to Denmark yesterday to face drug trafficking charges.

Nielsen, 32 from Copenhagen, is wanted in Denmark for possessing and trafficking over 100 kilos of cannabis imported from Norway.

The suspect was arrested in Ayia Napa last Friday by Cyprus police following a request from Danish Interpol.

Nielsen was remanded in custody pending the preparation of extradition papers, but he has since decided to return home of his own free will.

He was accompanied on the flight yesterday by Danish police officers who had come to collect him.

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