Pafos Live 20 July 2023
Members of the Paphos Anti-Narcotics Service intercepted a vehicle driven by a 25-year-old Romanian resident in Paphos last night. It was found that he had used drugs before getting his hands on the steering wheel.
In the same vehicle was a 28-year-old Georgian who was in possession of about 3 grams of cannabis while it was found that he was staying illegally in Cyprus and will be deported.
In another case, members of OPE intercepted the vehicle in which three 19-year-olds, two Greek Cypriots, a man and a woman and a Greek were traveling. A small amount of cannabis was found in the possession of the Greek, while the driver tested positive for a drug test.
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A quantity of cannabis weighing 247 grams was located and confiscated, yesterday afternoon, by the Police in Limassol. To facilitate interrogations, a 23-year-old man was arrested and detained.
Around 6:30 p.m. Yesterday, members of the YKAN spotted the 23-year-old on a Limassol street, who was stopped for inspection. In a body search that followed, two nylon packages containing a quantity of cannabis, with a total gross weight of 54 grams and the amount of €175, were found in his possession and confiscated.
The 23-year-old was arrested for a flagrant offence, followed by a search of his home in Limassol. During the search, a quantity of cannabis with a gross weight of 193 grams was also located and seized
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Filenews 19 July 2023
Members of the Famagusta ICF arrested four irregular migrants from Syria today to facilitate interrogations in relation to a new arrival of migrants yesterday afternoon in the sea area of Cape Greco.
Specifically, yesterday, around 19:00 in the afternoon, the Port Police intercepted 23 nautical miles southeast of Cape Greco a wooden boat about 10 meters long with 95 irregular migrants on board.
On the same day, at about 19:25, a port police vessel intercepted a second smaller boat carrying 16 irregular migrants at 18 nautical miles. Following instructions, the two boats were taken to Larnaka Port and guarded by members of the police.
On board were a total of 113 irregular migrants, including 78 men, 9 women, 15 children and 11 unaccompanied minors. Interrogators said that they started on 17/7/23 from Tartus, Syria, after each paying the amount of 2500-3500 US dollars.
The interrogation secured testimony against four persons that they were the pilots of the boats and they were arrested by the Famagusta ICF to facilitate the interrogations. the remaining migrants were transferred to the Pournara Temporary Accommodation Centre. The ICF of Famagusta continues the examinations.
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