Iranian deported for having opium

AN IRANIAN arrested for opium possession, which he claimed was for medicinal purposes, was deported yesterday.

The 39-year-old man was detained on Friday morning at Larnaca Airport shortly his flight touched down from Tehran.

Officers from the Larnaca drug squad found three condoms filled with 380 grams of opium in his luggage and he was arrested.

He was taken to court yesterday morning and sentenced to immediate deportation.