The police arrested five men and seized almost 21 kilograms of dried opium poppy pods during anti-drug operations in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca , authorities said on Thursday.
Approximately 20.78kg of dried pods from the opium poppy plant were seized, with the arrestees aged 20, 22, 23, 27 and 28 years old.
One of the men, aged 22, was already in custody in connection with a separate drug case.
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