Two held after police stake-out

TWO Limassol men were yesterday remanded in custody for six days suspected with possession and trafficking of 360 grams of cannabis.

Police said the two were arrested after a stake-out in the town on Friday afternoon.

One suspect, together with a friend, had parked his car in an empty plot on Edessis Street at around 4.45pm.

They got out, opened the boot and walked a few metres away where they stood and watched the car.

At the same time a second car pulled up and the passenger got out and put a paper bag in the boot of the first car, police say.

Police moved in and caught the first suspect, aged 34, before he had the chance to leave, but his partner and the two men in the second car managed to escape.

In the paper bag police found around 360 grams of what is thought to be cannabis, packed into plastic bags.

They also found a radio transmitter believed to have been used to monitor the police frequency.

Later in the day, the suspect’s alleged partner surrendered to police escorted by his lawyer.

He was released later without being charged.

Police later found, through his car’s licence plates, the 33-year-old driver of the second vehicle who was immediately arrested.

He was remanded yesterday along with the first suspect.

 

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