Filenews 23 January 2023
Handcuffs were passed yesterday afternoon by members of the ICF Limassol to a 32-year-old man from Russia on a potential European arrest warrant for conspiracy to commit a felony, participation in a criminal organization and internet fraud, offenses committed in Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Ukraine, USA, Russia and Hong Kong between 01/12/2019-20/01/2023.
According to the information, a European arrest warrant has been received by Interpol Nicosia with the French authorities issuing a request against a 32-year-old Russian national for the purpose of prosecuting him.
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The Police proceeded to the arrest of five persons, in connection with the fight and riot that took place yesterday morning, in Limassol.
The fight and riot took place shortly before 10.30 on Sunday morning, between persons who carried on their clothes the insignia of two sports clubs and teams of Limassol and Nicosia and who had gone to the memorial service of Georgios Grivas Digenis, in Limassol.
Members of the Police, including anti-riot teams of the Limassol Police Department and the Motorized Direct Action Unit – MMAD, intervened to suppress the fight and the riot. During the police operations to suppress the riot, six police officers were injured.
From the examinations that followed to identify the perpetrators of the fight and riot, the details of seven suspected persons, against whom judicial arrest warrants were issued, were ascertained. Five of them, men aged 37, 20, 21, 20 and 19, were arrested and detained for the purpose of investigating the case, pending the arrest of the other two suspects.
The ICF Limassol is investigating.
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Shocking evidence was reported by the examiner of the ICF Paphos yesterday in the District Court, regarding the premeditated murder that is being investigated against the 45-year-old driver of the vehicle that at dawn on Saturday fatally injured the 58-year-old moped driver Ioannis Polycarpou, on the Avenue Tombs of the Kings in Kato Paphos.
From the very first examinations of the authorities and from the testimonies received from the beginning by the Police, its representative stressed, it had clarified that what was initially considered as another tragic accident on the roads, was a premeditated attempted murder with the alleged perpetrator being the driver of the vehicle.
The representative of the ICF Paphos revealed yesterday before the court that from the closed surveillance circuits in the area, but also from the testimony of a driver who realized in time what was happening and followed the victim and alleged perpetrator, it appears that the 45-year-old British man drove his car on the moped of the 58-year-old, hit him and dragged him for a distance of 70 metres on the asphalt, before leaving him bleeding.
The eyewitness in question even tried to follow the vehicle involved after the tragic incident, but lost it in the narrow streets of the Mouttalou district where the alleged perpetrator was heading.
All the testimonies from the patrons of the beer garden where a little earlier they entertained victim and alleged perpetrator, the police spokesman stressed, converge in that the two were arguing fiercely over their personal issues. Immediately after the unfortunate 58-year-old left the recreation centre, they testified, he was followed by the 45-year-old Briton and a few minutes later the fatal accident occurred, with the driver involved with the car in it leaving the scene and being searched for hours, until he was finally located at 8.00am.
When the suspect's vehicle was spotted on a Paphos road and even having burglary tools in it, as it was found, the police found that the part of the front of the vehicle that had been damaged by the collision with the victim's moped, had already been casually painted with paint spray in order, apparently, to eliminate the traces of the collision.
The suspect was arrested and transferred to the Paphos Police Department where he was detained, while he has also tested positive for drug use after being found and underwent a drug test with a positive sign.
Police requested a detention order for a 45-year-old man
The police spokesman asked the Paphos District Court for an eight-day detention order, stressing that the Police are now examining a case of premeditated murder and described the case as very serious. The court granted the request and ordered the suspect's eight-day detention, a development to which his defence did not object. The examinations are continued by the ICF Paphos.
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A robbery by two young people was committed on Sunday night in a supermarket in Kissonerga. Pretending to enter the store to order coffee, the robbers snatched from the cashier an amount of €220 and disappeared, running.
According to the complaint of the only employee who was at the supermarket at the time, two people entered it with protective masks on their faces and wearing the hoods of their jackets. They ordered coffees and when she opened the cash register for the payment, the two moved against her, pushed her, and after grabbing from the cashier the amount that was inside at that time, they fled in an unknown direction.
The employee complained immediately after the robbery and a team of the ICF Paphos rushed to the place and began the examinations. Some evidence was received from the scene, fingerprint examinations were performed, and closed circuits from businesses and residences in the area were also examined.
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A 58-year-old man was arrested by the Police in Paphos in connection with a stabbing and assault on a 55-year-old man whom he injured. The incident according to the Police occurred on January 8 and the alleged perpetrator was identified and arrested on Sunday.
According to the 55-year-old's complaint, on that day he approached the 58-year-old with whom they knew he talked, but as the latter claimed he insulted the complainant's wife and attacked him with a knife, injuring him in the left hand.
The 55-year-old was taken to Paphos Hospital where it was found by the on-duty doctor that he had a lacerated wound to his arm and after being sutured he was discharged.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 58-year-old and was eventually located by members of the Paphos Police on Sunday. He tried to escape at the sight of the police, however he was arrested by them. A body search found him in possession of a knife with a blade 9 cm long, as well as a quantity of drugs.
The 58-year-old now faces charges of reckless and dangerous driving, stabbing, assault with actual bodily harm and illegal possession of drugs.
