Two held after massive drugs find

POLICE last seized 33 kilos of hashish oil and two kilos of marijuana in a warehouse on the British Bases.

Two men a Cypriot and a Lebanese Cypriot were arrested in the operation, police said.

The drugs, with a street value of over two million pounds, were found at an outhouse belonging to 58-year-old Stelios Kattis in the Dhekelia British base. The place was raided by members of the Cyprus drug squad and SBA police.

Kattis, from Ormidhia, was arrested along with the Lebanese Cypriot man, who has been identified only as Elias. Kattis has been arrested before on drugs charges. Both are expected in court today.

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