A 28-year-old man from Dromolaxia, Constantinos Eleftheriou, was sentenced to three years in jail by the Larnaca court on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of importing three kilos of a controlled substance with intent to supply.
According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Eleftheriou was arrested on December 17, 2012 after he was caught by drug squad members receiving a parcel, which arrived in Cyprus from Shanghai through a courier company and containing three kilos of a synthetic drug identified as naphthoyl indole.
Upon, arrival at the Larnaca Airport, the CNA said, the package had raised the suspicions of customs officers. When opened, three clear bags were found containing a total of three kilos of white powder. On the package, addressed to Eleftheriou’s wife, the content label said the package contained “cyanuric acid”.
Following a sample analysis by the state lab, it emerged that the powder was not cyanuric acid but naphthoyl indole, a chemical powder with effects similar to that of cannabis.
Customs officers informed the Larnaca drug squad, who replaced the contents of the package with flour and placed it under surveillance.
When Eleftheriou arrived at the offices of the courier company to receive the package, he was arrested on his way out, before entering his car.
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