Nine years for Iranian drug dealers

THREE IRANIAN men were yesterday jailed for nine years by the Limassol Assizes court after they were found guilty of possession and trafficking of 260 grams of heroin.

Alireza Raheri, 26, Mohamed Nambadali, 21, and 41-year-old Morteza Zalandi were arrested in November last year after a police sting operation.

The court yesterday stressed Nambadali’s young age and the fact that Raheri was the father of an under-aged child. Zalandi is also a father of two under-aged children.

The three men were arrested after police were tipped off that people were dealing drugs on October 28 Street.

According to reports, the men approached under cover police officers and offered to sell them heroin at £30 a gram.

An officer, who apparently spoke Farsi, agreed to the deal and after the exchange revealed he was a policeman.

The Iranians were arrested and the officers found three small plastic bags containing 260 grams of heroin.

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