Four Arrested in Limassol as Police Seize Cannabis and €2,765

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Three face drug supply and money laundering inquiries; the fourth was held over an air pistol.

 

A coordinated police operation began shortly after 5pm, when officers stopped two vehicles following information about suspected drug trafficking involving a 20-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man.

Searches of the vehicles and two homes uncovered more than 650 grams of cannabis products, €2,765 in cash, two precision scales and an air pistol.

Vehicles stopped after trafficking information

The first vehicle, driven by the 20-year-old woman, was stopped in Limassol district.

Officers found 98 grams of cannabis, 10 grams of cannabis resin and €825 in cash, along with a mobile phone, a metal grinder bearing traces of cannabis and a precision scale.

As part of the same operation, police stopped a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old man who had reportedly met the woman earlier. A further €940 in cash was found inside his car.

Searches extended to two homes

At the home of the 20-year-old, where a 38-year-old woman also lives, officers found an air pistol and €1,000 in cash.

At another home shared by the 23-year-old and the 32-year-old, police found 343 grams of cannabis, 204 grams of cannabis resin and a precision scale bearing traces of cannabis.

Four people arrested

The 20-year-old woman, the 23-year-old man and the 32-year-old man were arrested in connection with suspected offences of possessing drugs with intent to supply and laundering proceeds from illegal activities.

The 38-year-old woman was arrested separately as part of an investigation into possession of an air pistol.

The Limassol Drug Law Enforcement Unit is investigating the case in cooperation with Polemidia Police Station.