Cameroon woman caught smuggling drugs into Cyprus

A 31-year-old Cameroonian woman was arrested for drug smuggling by Greek Cypriot customs officers in Larnaca last week.

According to a police press release, the woman, 31 from Cameroon was arrested on Wednesday last week at the Larnaca Airport in Cyprus.

Police said the drugs were found during a routine X-ray and physical check of the woman’s baggage by customs officials.  

A huge number of drugs, 5,879 pieces of both Class B and Class C controlled substances, were found packed between airtight packages of spices.

The drugs were confiscated and the woman was arrested by customs officers, who subsequently handed her and her evidence over to the drug enforcement authority (Ykan). Their investigation is ongoing.

Class B substances include amphetamine, cannabis and ketamine.