Police seize giant cannabis plants

 

A 62-YEAR-old Larnaca man was yesterday remanded in custody for six days suspected of cultivating 19 cannabis plants.

The court heard that English Cypriot Savvas Christodoulou had been arrested on Monday after police received information that he had been cultivating cannabis in his back yard at his coastal home in the Filimeni area.

When police confronted the suspect with a search warrant, he allegedly admitted to cultivating the cannabis, claiming the plants were for his own use.

The man led police to his back yard where they found 16 plants measuring between two and three metres.

They also found two smaller plants and three plastic bags containing around 300 grams of the drug, along with the tools used for its cultivation.

Inside Christodoulou’s home, police found another four grams of cannabis.

Police told the court they suspected Christodoulou was connected to certain individuals from Limassol.

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