Three jailed 13 and 15 years over 22 kg Paphos cannabis haul
The Paphos district court sentenced three men on 25 February 2025 to 15 and 13 years in prison for importing large amounts of drugs, following a YKAN operation in February 2023 that seized over 22 kg of cannabis and arrested six people. Officers also found 400 g of cocaine, a pistol, fireworks and large sums of cash, which are not counted in the cannabis figures.
Shortly after 1.30pm on 23 February 2023, police stopped a car driven by a
23-year-old man in Paphos and found 22 packages holding 22 kg of dry cannabis;
he was arrested at once.[1]Information from him led officers to a
21-year-old woman, arrested with about 400 g of cocaine, a gun and 25 illegal
fireworks in her car, and to the cannabis supplier, a 43-year-old man who was
also arrested.[1]That evening three more suspected members of the drug
ring, two men aged 43 and 28 and a woman aged 43, were arrested, bringing the
day’s arrests to six.[1]
On 25 February 2025 the Paphos district court sentenced three of the men,
aged 31, 45 and 46, for importing large amounts of drugs: the 31-year-old
received 15 years in prison and his two accomplices 13 years each.[2]The
court case rested on the February 2023 seizure of over 22 kg of cannabis plus
the cocaine, pistol, fireworks and large sums of money found in the same
operation.[2][1]
Case data
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Limassol Criminal Court jailed a 24-year-old man for four years on 12 November 2026 after he admitted possessing 523 grammes of cannabis and 76 grammes of cocaine with intent to supply. The case began on 29 July 2025 when YKAN officers seized a bag of drugs in a park in Agios Athanasios after three men fled into the dark.
A Limassol criminal court sentenced a 28-year-old man to 10 years in prison on 21 October 2026 after he admitted trafficking a parcel imported from Greece holding about 8 kg of cannabis and nearly 2 kg of cocaine, which anti-drug officers handed him in a controlled delivery at a courier warehouse.
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.
On 30 March 2026 the Paphos Permanent Criminal Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to concurrent 10-year terms for illegally importing cannabis and possessing it for supply. Customs and YKAN had stopped him at Paphos Airport on 10 June 2025 with a net 16.003 kg of cannabis after a flight from another European country.