Man linked by DNA to Larnaca drugs haul loses appeal

A man whose DNA was found on a mask and gloves in a Larnaca flat where more than a kilogram of synthetic drugs was discovered in 2016 has lost his appeal against a six-year prison sentence. The Court of Appeal ruled that the Larnaca Criminal Court had made no error in assessing the evidence or in setting the sentence.

The drugs were discovered on July 5, 2016, when the owner of the flat, which the man had rented since September 2014, went to change the locks because of unpaid rent, according...