Women charged over snail purchase

THREE WOMEN were charged and released yesterday for buying 7.5 kilos of snails from Famagusta in the occupied north. The snails were found in a routine search of a car.
Pyla police stopped a car on the Pyla-Larnaca road driven by a 39-year-old and with two passengers, aged 60 and 62.

During the search, police uncovered 7.5 kilos of snails, which were confiscated as evidence. The three women were charged at Oroklini police station where they confessed to buying the snails from Famagusta and later released.

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