Two jailed for cannabis possession

Larnaca-Famagusta Criminal Court on Monday handed down a five and a half year jail sentence to a 38 year old man after finding him guilty of possessing nearly three kilos of cannabis.

In a separate case, the same court jailed a second man, also 38, for four and a half years after he was found guilty of possessing more than one kilo of cannabis.

Anti-narcotics police had discovered the three kilos of cannabis during an operation in the Famagusta district on November 10, 2019. They made two arrests – of the defendant and of a 23-year old who was jailed for three years in May.

The defendant in the second case was arrested in the Larnaca district on August 26 during an operation when police seized more than one kilos of cannabis that they found in his car.

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