Two arrests in drug haul ‘not the masterminds’

About 230,000 doses of narcotics have been “withdrawn from society” after Thursday’s massive haul, with the two arrested not considered to be the masterminds, head of Ykan Christos Andreou said on Friday.

Andreou told the Cyprus News Agency that the two were arrested, aged 34 and 26, after an operation that started days ago after a tipoff.

Police investigations are ongoing and more arrests have not been ruled out.

During Thursday’s raid of a house in Strovolos, police found 233.5kg of cannabis and cocaine...