Drug suspect remanded

AN IRANIAN man has been arrested in Limassol on Friday on suspicion of drug dealing.

Farokhreza Ghorpan, 37, was yesterday remanded for eight days after Limassol court heard the testimony of Farite Sakki, who was arrested trying to smuggle heroin through customs at Larnaca Airport.

Sakki has admitted that she was paid $1,000 to smuggle the drugs into Cyprus and was to receive a further $400 when she delivered the consignment, allegedly to Ghorpan, in Limassol.

Ghorpan told police that he had been living in Cyprus as a political refugee since May last year and that he is planning to appeal to the Iranian Embassy for help.

 

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