Greek Cypriot and Irish woman arrested on drugs charges

A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Ormidia in Larnaca was yesterday arrested in connection with the possession and trafficking of two kilos of cannabis, police said.

According to a police bulletin, members of the Larnaca Drug Squad placed an area under surveillance after a tip-off that drugs were being exchanged there.

Police said the suspect arrived in the area at around 12.30pm and met with another man on a motorcycle without number plates. The officers intervened and after searching the suspect’s car they found two kilos of what was believed to be cannabis wrapped in Turkish Cypriot newspapers. The man on the motorcycle managed to get away and is wanted for questioning.

The man is expected to appear before a Larnaca court today for a remand hearing.

Meanwhile, a 23-year-old Irish tourist was also arrested early yesterday morning by the Famagusta Drug Squad, in connection with the possession of cannabis, police said. She was later released pending an investigation into the case.

According to a police bulletin, police searched the tourist after a tip-off at an Ayia Napa nightclub and found what is believed to be cannabis wrapped in a handkerchief.

A further search took place at the suspect’s house where police found more traces of the drug.

During her questioning, the 23-year-old said she had purchased the cannabis from an unknown person in Ayia Napa.

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