Two remanded after cannabis find in car

A TURKISH Cypriot man and a Greek Cypriot woman were yesterday remanded for six days on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking.Converted Christian Andreas Eftychiou, born Raif Hassan, 45, and 30-year-old Maria Georgiou were arrested late on Friday night following a tip-off to police.In requesting their remand yesterday, the investigating officer told Limassol District Court that police had 10 days previously received information that a Turkish Cypriot had been selling drugs from a one-kilo batch of cannabis.When police stopped Eftychiou’s car, in which Georgiou was also travelling, they found 10 grams of cannabis under one of the seats, he said.Both Eftychiou and Georgiou denied any involvement in drug trafficking and the Turkish Cypriot told the court that he was not a drug user.The investigating officer said that police had a witness’s testimony saying that Eftychiou supplied drugs to Georgiou who then sold them on to customers at the Limassol bar where she worked.The officer said that police were searching for the reminder of the amount but were concerned that it had already been sold or disposed of.

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