Filenews 3 June 2023
Members of the Morphou Police stopped at around 00.40 in the morning today, a vehicle driven by a 45-year-old man in the area of Morfou.
In a subsequent search, 85 boxes of duty-free cigarettes and six boxes of tobacco were found inside the vehicle and seized as evidence.
The found tobacco products and the vehicle were handed over to Customs Officers and where the case was settled by issuing an extrajudicial order of €5,000 to the 45-year-old.
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A quantity of more than seven kilos of cannabis was found and confiscated yesterday by the Police in Paphos. In order to facilitate the interrogations, members of the Pafos YKAN proceeded to the arrest of two persons aged 35 and 20.
Specifically, around 12 noon yesterday, members of the Pafos YKAN, after evaluating information, stopped for inspection, two vehicles driven by a 35-year-old and a 20-year-old in an area of Paphos, where the 20-year-old was seen taking from his vehicle and placing five nylon packages in the 35-year-old's vehicle.
As soon as the 35-year-old noticed the members of the Police, he tried to escape, as a result of which his vehicle collided with two official vehicles and injured a member of the YKAN. Then, in the attempt of the members of the Police to arrest him, he attacked and injured a second member of the YKAN.
In a subsequent check, about seven kilograms of cannabis were found in the five nylon packages and seized, while the two suspects underwent a preliminary narcotest test with the 20-year-old having a positive reading.
Subsequently, their homes were searched, where at the 35-year-old's home, 13 grams of cannabis were located and confiscated.
The two police officers who were injured went to Paphos General Hospital, where they received First Aid and were dismissed. It was found that they suffered injuries and swelling in parts of their bodies.
The two suspects were arrested and detained to facilitate interrogations.
The Paphos YKAN and the Pegeia Police Station continue the examinations.
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A 37-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of an ongoing case of residential burglary and car theft. The suspect was located and arrested, following information received today by the Police, about a possible stolen car located in an area of Limassol.
The information was received shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Friday. He said that a car is located in the area of Agios Silas and may be stolen, since its presence in the area was suspicious. Members of the Polemidia Police Station and the Limassol Traffic Police rushed to the scene, who found the car parked, as well as the 37-year-old suspect, in the driver's seat of the vehicle.
It was found that the vehicle was registered with the police as stolen. Its theft was reported to the ICF of Limassol on May 26 by its owners. According to the complaint, the vehicle was stolen between May 15 and 26, 2023, from its owners' home where it was parked. At the same time, the residence where they were located was burglarized and the keys of the vehicle were stolen. According to the complaint, various silverware were also stolen from the residence.
Upon locating the vehicle in the possession of the 37-year-old this morning, members of the Police proceeded to a search during which they found inside the vehicle a number of jewellery and other items, which is being investigated if they are stolen. They also found several burglary tools, and a small amount of white crystalline substance, believed to be methamphetamine.
The members of the Police proceeded to arrest the 37-year-old suspect for the offenses of theft, illegal possession of property, and possession of burglary tools, and then a court arrest warrant was issued against the 37-year-old, for the offences of residential burglary and theft under investigation. After he was arrested under the court warrant, he was taken into custody for police questioning.
The examinations are continued by the ICF of Limassol, as well as the YKAN (Limassol District Unit).
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Pafos Live
In just one night, members of the Pafos Traffic Police reported last night a total of 14 drivers who were driving under the influence of alcohol.
Two other drivers tested positive, while a small amount of cannabis was found in a vehicle carrying two Georgians, in addition to the driver who tested positive in a drug test, with drugs in the passenger's possession.
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Members of the Police spotted this morning, a 16-year-old minor driving his father's car, unaccompanied, on the Limassol-Nicosia highway. The minor was taken by the members of the Police to the local Police Station from where at the end of the examinations he was received by his father, against whom a case of non-storage of his car is being investigated.
Specifically, at around 8.15 am on Friday, members of the Traffic Police Headquarters and specifically members of the Road Accident Prevention Unit – OPOD, stopped for inspection the car driven by the 16-year-old, on the highway heading to Nicosia, at the height of the Kotsiatis area. During the check, the 16-year-old showed the members of the police a driver's license, which was later found to be fake. He was taken to the Pera Chorio Police Station for examinations, while his father was called to the Police Station and attended.
According to the evidence that emerged during the examinations that followed, the owner of the car that the 16-year-old was driving is his father, without whose consent, the 16-year-old allegedly drove the car. The father of the minor, also according to the evidence under examination, allegedly did not take the necessary measures to guard his vehicle, as a result of which the 16-year-old gained possession and drove the vehicle. The two were charged in writing with the traffic offences under investigation and subsequently released.
