Three drugs suspects held

By a Staff Reporter

THREE foreign men were yesterday remanded in custody for eight days on suspicion of smuggling and trafficking 1,200 grams of cannabis in Cyprus, police said.

The suspects, one Egyptian, one Lebanese and one Palestinian, were arrested in Limassol on Friday. Police later confiscated 13 grams of a substance they believe to be cannabis from the Egyptian’s residence.

The suspects have admitted smuggling cannabis to Cyprus, according to police.

  

 

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