A three-year jail sentence was imposed today on a 27-year-old man, following a drug trafficking case. It is a case of possession with intent to supply to other persons, a quantity of cannabis in excess of 900 grams, which was found in the 27-year-old's possession during an operation by the Anti-Narcotics Service - YKAN, in the area of free Famagusta, last October.
On October 08 in particular, members of the YKAN carried out a search with a court warrant at the farmhouse of the 27-year-old, in Famagusta district. Inside the residence, the members of the police found seven nylon packages containing cannabis in a nylon bag weighing approximately two kilos in total. The quantity of drugs was seized as evidence, while the 27-year-old was arrested with a court warrant.
Laboratory tests carried out on the quantity of drugs found revealed that it was a quantity of cannabis with a net weight of more than 900 grams.
Upon completion of the police investigations, the case was registered before the Famagusta District Court for trial. After considering the evidence presented before it by the Prosecution, the Court found the 27-year-old defendant guilty of the offence of unlawful possession of drugs with intent to supply to other persons and imposed on him a sentence of three years' imprisonment.
The case had been investigated by the YKAN District Branch in Famagusta.
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