Filenews 10 March 2023 - by Ioanna Mantzipa
With an 8-year sentence, another serious drug case in which the defendant was a 43-year-old woman from Iran. This is the case of the 360 grams of methamphetamine that were found after a raid by the Limassol YKAN on the defendant's apartment on October 9, 2022. In addition to the 43-year-old, the accused was a 34-year-old who was then located in her apartment, but the Court imposed a suspended sentence on him for using illegal substances.
The Permanent Assize Court of Limassol yesterday convicted the 43-year-old who was found guilty after her own admission to the serious charges she was facing, imposing a prison sentence for the offence of possession for the purpose of supplying a quantity of 360 grams of methamphetamine. It should be noted that against her, the fact that she had been convicted in 2 other cases for quantities of methamphetamine was also taken into account. It is noteworthy that the defendant is also allegedly involved in a recent drug case that is being tried at the Nicosia Court.
Her arrest by the members of YKAN Limassol on 9/10/2022, was extremely episodic as the 43-year-old tried to destroy the drugs in her possession, but did not succeed. In the effort of the police not to destroy the evidence, the defendant reacted violently, biting a police officer in the hand. The defendant in the case was also a 34-year-old Greek Cypriot who was found inside her apartment.
The members of YKAN Limassol, forcibly broke the door of the 43-year-old's apartment and spotted her in the toilet, throwing away 5 nylon packages containing 50 grams of methamphetamine in the basin. The 43-year-old tried to flush the toilet, but YKAN members caught up with her. Also, an amount of 310 grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of 15 grams of cocaine were found indoors under a jacuzzi.
The 34-year-old denied involvement in the case, but admitted that at an unknown date before his arrest he had used an illegal drug, namely methamphetamine. The Assize Court sentenced him to two months in prison with a three-year suspension.
