Limassol court confiscates €164,585 from drug-case defendants
The Permanent Criminal Court in Limassol ordered €164,585 in assets confiscated from defendants in a drug-trafficking case linked to a November 2024 seizure of 12.803 kg of cannabis. Police arrested three people in the initial operation and a fourth in 2025; by July 2026, four people had been charged.
The Permanent Criminal Court in Limassol ordered confiscation of assets worth
€164,585 in the drug-trafficking case.[1]The order covered property valued at
€144,585 belonging to the 35-year-old defendant and €20,000 belonging to the
34-year-old defendant.[1]YKAN and MOKAS examined the defendants’ finances and
froze cash, vehicles and other assets while the case was before the courts.[1]
The case began in November 2024, when authorities found more than 12 kg of
cannabis alongside cocaine.[2]
A fourth person, described as a 47-year-old man, was arrested in May 2025 in
connection with the case.[3]By July 2026, four people had been charged: two
men aged 52, a man aged 35 and a woman aged 34.[1]
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Politis quotes a Cyprus Police post reporting 5.65 kg of cocaine, while the May 2025 Cyprus Mail account reports 5.77 kg; neither amount is included in the cannabis weight.
The May 2025 account describes the fourth arrested man as 47, while the July 2026 account lists defendants as two 52-year-old men, a 35-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman; the reports do not explain the age difference.
The defendants are not named, and the reports do not give a conviction or sentence outcome for the underlying drug charges.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ NEWS: A Cyprus Police statement quoted by Politis specified 12 kg and 803 g of cannabis.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cyprus Mail: Cyprus Mail reported that police arrested three people in Limassol after finding a suitcase containing cocaine and cannabis.
Five defendants pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges over a February 2026 drug seizure in Nicosia that included 167kg of cannabis and 4.5kg of cannabis resin, and the Nicosia criminal court put the case back to 17 December. They remain in custody, and a defence lawyer argued four suspects held under the November Operation Plegma may be added to the indictment.
Cyprus police arrested 26 people on 5 November 2026 in nationwide Operation Plegma against a suspected drug-trafficking network. The case stems from a February seizure of 167 kg of cannabis and 4.5 kg of cannabis resin alongside cocaine, followed by asset freezes worth about 500,000 euros.
Police in Larnaca district arrested a 32-year-old man after finding about 1.03 kg of cocaine in his car and two hidden containers, plus about six grams of cannabis and resin at his home. He was held for a Larnaca court remand hearing as drug-enforcement officers continued a trafficking investigation.
The Nicosia district court remanded a 22-year-old man in custody for eight days on 30 October 2026 after police seized about 6.4kg of cannabis, including 2.56kg found in a parcel from abroad. The parcel had been declared as Lego toys and was addressed to a recipient in Engomi; a taxi driver who collected it was arrested and later released when no evidence was found against him.
