YKAN, the Anti-Drugs Unit, seized more than 650 grams of cannabis, an air pistol and 2,765 euros in cash, and arrested four people, following an operation carried out with YDAP yesterday in Limassol district.
The operation formed part of action to tackle drug trafficking and followed information received from YDAP about drug distribution, naming a 20-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man as suspects.
Shortly after 5pm yesterday, police stopped the car the 20-year-old was driving in an area of Limassol district. A search of the vehicle turned up a quantity of cannabis with a gross weight of 98 grams, a quantity of cannabis resin weighing 10 grams, and 825 euros in cash. Officers also recovered a mobile phone, a metal grinder with cannabis traces, and a precision scale, all of which were taken for examination.
During the operation, police also stopped for inspection a car driven by a 23-year-old man who had met the 20-year-old earlier that day. In his car, officers discovered and confiscated 940 euros in cash.
Searches then continued at the homes of the 20-year-old and the 23-year-old. At the 20-year-old’s home, where a 38-year-old woman also resides, officers recovered an air pistol and 1,000 euros in cash.
At the 23-year-old’s home, where the 32-year-old also resides, a total of 343 grams of cannabis and 204 grams of cannabis resin were found, along with a precision scale bearing cannabis traces.
Police arrested the 20-year-old, the 23-year-old and the 32-year-old in connection with an investigation into drug possession with intent to supply another person, and laundering the proceeds of illegal activity. They also arrested the 38-year-old in connection with an investigation into possession of an air pistol.
YKAN’s Limassol District Branch is continuing its examinations in cooperation with Polemidia Police Station.
