Cyprus Mail23 Jun 2026

Police probe TikTok opium ring after 30kg of drugs seized

Police believe they have dismantled a network suspected of distributing opiate-based substances through social media after a series of seizures exceeding 30 kilogrammes over the past ten days, with a 35-year-old man arrested in the latest operation.

Investigators from the drug squad (Ykan) received information suggesting significant quantities of dried poppy pods were being circulated on the local market....

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