Filenews 9 May 2023
Police handcuffed a 29-year-old foreigner after minors reported their abduction in a park in Nicosia in mid-April.
According to police, the young man was spotted by an off-duty officer, who recognized him and called for reinforcements. Members of the ICF of Nicosia rushed to the area and after verifying the 29-year-old's details, arrested him under a court arrest warrant and detained him.
It is recalled that on April 20, 2023, two minors, a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old from an area of Nicosia, accompanied by their guardians, filed a complaint around 9:00 p.m. at the ICF of Nicosia, claiming that they were abducted by an unknown man.
According to the complaint, an hour earlier, the minors were in a park in their area at the time of the abduction, when they were approached by a foreigner who, after tying them up, illegally detained them between the hours of 5-8 p.m. The minors gave a description of the person in question to the Police, while they reported that during their detention, the stranger made obscene gestures against the minor. They said he was a foreigner, about 1.70 meters tall, who was wearing a tracksuit with Arabic letters, while his hair was long and black.
According to their allegations, the unknown man took their mobile phones and demanded that their families give him €25,000 each separately, otherwise, as they claimed, he would take them to Famagusta district and kill them.
According to their allegations, the stranger then let them leave around 8:00 p.m. but kept their cell phones, telling them that if they wanted them, they would meet the next day and pay him 1000 euros each, so that he could return them to them. The next day, an operation was set up with undercover police officers in the area, where the minors went supposedly to meet the unknown man and collect their cell phones, but he did not show up.
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Members of the Limassol Police arrested a 53-year-old man in connection with an ongoing case of building burglary and theft. The case is being investigated by the Police Station of Lania.
According to a complaint by the owner of a house in the Limassol district, while he was absent in the previous days, three warehouses were burgled, located in the courtyard of his residence. Various power tools for construction work were stolen from the warehouses.
Examinations conducted by members of the Laneia Police Station for committing the burglary and theft revealed evidence against the 53-year-old suspect. A judicial arrest warrant was obtained against him, under which he was arrested shortly after 7.30 last night and detained for police questioning.
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A warehouse of a company that deals with air conditioning installations in the area of the industrial zone of Mesogi was emptied by unknown persons over the weekend.
The owner has not yet calculated the amount of damage he has suffered. According to his complaint, over the weekend unknown persons using a vehicle 'knocked on the door' of the warehouse, which they breached, loaded much of the merchandise and disappeared.
The store has an alarm system which however was not activated.
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Holding the veterinarian responsible for the loss of his dog a few weeks ago, a 24-year-old German man living in Paphos shattered last night the display case of the veterinary clinic located in the city of Paphos.
The young German used a hammer but was noticed by citizens who alerted the police. In the possession of the 24-year-old German, two folding knives were found and he was arrested.
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The Pafos Police arrested two people in connection with a case of illegal employment and employment.
According to the Spokesperson of the Paphos Police Authority, on May 8, at 08:15, members of the YAM visited a specific car repair garage in Paphos where they found a 28-year-old man being employed illegally without the relevant permits. The owner of the premises is a 40-year-old man.
The two persons were taken to the Paphos Central Police Station where, after being charged in writing, they were then released to be summoned later.
