Police raid house in drugs bust

POLICE last night said they had arrested three suspects and seized around 2,000 Ecstasy tablets during an afternoon raid in a house in Nicosia.

Two other suspects who fled the house were being sought, police said, without ruling out further arrests. The raid followed information police received about a house in Dasoupolis.

Police believe the suspects were members of a larger ring, which deals drugs in Nicosia and possibly other towns.

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