The 6,5kg of cocaine seized yesterday by the Anti-Narcotics Service in Limassol.
A 55-year-old
Greek man was arrested as a known suspect in the case who appeared before the Limassol District Court this morning and was remanded in custody for a period of eight days.
The 55-year-old man does not admit involvement in the case and investigators are looking for two other persons, also Greeks, who may not be in Cyprus.
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According to the examinations, they are the persons behind the rental of the warehouse in which the drugs were to be transported and within which the 55-year-old man was arrested.
To identify them, the police are expected to issue European arrest warrants.
The authorities estimate that they have succeeded in tracking down a cocaine trafficking ring from Greece to Cyprus. They believe that no Cypriot appears to be involved in the ring, but they are investigating whether there is an accomplice on the island.
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