{"version":1,"id":"cy","name":"Cyprus","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/cy/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":65.5,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-23","reports":[{"id":"larnaca-briton-28kg-cannabis-arrest","code":"CET-3JB0KW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/larnaca-briton-28kg-cannabis-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3JB0KW/","date":"2026-10-23","country":"cy","country_name":"Cyprus","place":"Larnaca Airport","coordinates":[34.8714,33.6068],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"British 19-year-old held at Larnaca with 28 kg of cannabis","summary":"A 19-year-old British passport holder was arrested at Larnaca airport on the morning of 23 October 2026 after customs and the anti-drugs unit found 26 packages holding about 28 kg of cannabis in two of his suitcases. He had flown in from Thailand via Dubai and was due in court for a remand order.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":28},"tags":["larnaca","airport","trafficking","thailand-route"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["The sources do not report the outcome of the remand hearing or any later charge.","The intended recipients in Cyprus had not been identified; the unit was still tracing them."],"sources":[{"title":"Man, 19, held at Larnaca airport with 28kg of cannabis","url":"https://cyprusnews.app/man-19-held-at-larnaca-airport-with-28kg-of-cannabis/","publisher":"Cyprus News","date":"2026-10-23","archived":null},{"title":"19-Year-Old Arrested with Cannabis at Larnaca Airport","url":"https://5minute.news/en/articles/33105-19-year-old-arrested-with-cannabis-at-larnaca-airport","publisher":"5 Minute News","date":"2026-10-23","archived":null}]},{"id":"paphos-17-years-37kg","code":"CET-HR1RX2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/paphos-17-years-37kg/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HR1RX2/","date":"2026-09-28","country":"cy","country_name":"Cyprus","place":"Paphos","coordinates":[34.7744,32.4232],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Paphos court jails a man for 17 years over 37.5 kg","summary":"On 28 September 2026 the Paphos criminal court jailed a 56-year-old man for 17 years for possessing 37 kg and 451 g of cannabis with intent to supply. Ykan had arrested him in a field in February 2025.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":37.451,"prison":"17 years"},"tags":["paphos","ykan"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"spacexai/grok-4.7#medium","open_questions":["The field is not named. The pin is the town of Paphos.","The man is not named.","The Cyprus Mail says the other 29 packages were buried. To Thema says those packages were in a tank buried in the ground.","Neither report gives the day in February 2025 when he was arrested.","The Cyprus Mail photograph of bagged plant material is not captioned as this seizure, so it is not listed."],"sources":[{"title":"Man sentenced to 17 years over cannabis possession","url":"https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/09/29/man-sentenced-to-17-years-over-cannabis-possession","publisher":"Cyprus Mail","date":"2026-09-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261001140259/https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/09/29/man-sentenced-to-17-years-over-cannabis-possession"},{"title":"Βαρύς ο πέλεκυς για 56χρονο, στο κελί για 17 χρόνια για υπόθεση μεγάλης ποσότητας ναρκωτικών","url":"https://www.tothemaonline.com/Article/474335/barys-o-pelekys-gia-56hrono-sto-keli-gia-17-hronia-gia-ypothesh-megalhs-posothtas-narkwtikwn","publisher":"To Thema Online","date":"2026-09-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261001160754/https://www.tothemaonline.com/article/474335/barys-o-pelekys-gia-56hrono-sto-keli-gia-17-hronia-gia-ypothesh-megalhs-posothtas-narkwtikwn"}]}]}