Pafos Live 5 July 2023
Police in Paphos arrested a 41-year-old man on Tuesday for a case of theft from a car.
According to the Spokesperson of the Pafos Police Authority and Head of the Pafos ICF, Michalis Nicolaou, on July 3, a 37-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus reported to the SBA Police that on the same day between the hours of 14:30 and 16:30 in the area of Avdimou, the territory of the British Bases, property of a total value of €1830 was stolen from the car.
Further examinations revealed testimony against a 41-year-old resident of a village in the Pafos district against whom an arrest warrant was issued by the British Bases.
Subsequently, the authorities of the Republic were informed and a search warrant was issued by the Pafos District Court at the residence of the 41-year-old.
Yesterday Tuesday at 18:10 the 41-year-old was located, arrested and detained. A search of the 41-year-old's home found part of the stolen property.
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Filenews 6 July 2023
Police arrested a 26-year-old man yesterday to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of stabbing, carrying a weapon to incite terror, illegal possession of an offensive instrument and causing injury to another 26-year-old.
Specifically, on the evening of July 2, 2023, a 26-year-old man went to the Omorfita Police Station with a wound to the back of his head. According to the 26-year-old, a short time earlier, while he was in an area of Nicosia, another 26-year-old approached him, who pointed a knife at him and after attacking him injured him in the back of his head.
The complainant then visited Nicosia General Hospital, where he was given first aid and discharged.
A judicial arrest warrant was issued against the alleged perpetrator, under which he was arrested last night and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
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A case of burglary of a café in the early hours of Wednesday and theft in Polis Chrysochous is being investigated by the Paphos Police.
According to the Spokesperson of the Pafos Police Authority and Head of the Pafos ICF, Michalis Nicolaou, on Wednesday at 08:00 a 37-year-old café manager reported to the police station of Polis Chrysochous that on the same day between the hours of 4:00 – 4:30 the store he maintains in Polis Chrysochous was burglarized and stolen from this amount of €1,015.
From the examinations conducted at the scene, testimony was obtained against a 27-year-old permanent resident of Paphos.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 27-year-old and he is wanted.
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A 29-year-old woman created problems in the area of Chloraka at midnight on Wednesday to Thursday, prompting residents to call the police.
The police officers who went to the scene did spot the woman causing a nuisance and attacking a man by hitting him, and immediately afterwards handed them a small amount of drugs in her possession.
The unusual case played out 20 minutes after midnight on Wednesday. According to the spokesman of the Pafos Police Department, Michalis Nikolaou, residents in an area of Chloraka alerted the Police that a woman was outside a residence on a specific street, shouting, threatening and causing concern.
The residence is occupied by a resident of Cyprus, with whom, according to the spokesman, the woman allegedly had an affair.
Members of the Paphos Police went to the area where they spotted the 29-year-old moving with threatening behaviour against the tenant, while at one point she attacked and hit him in the face. The 29-year-old then handed over three grams of drugs she possessed to police.
She was arrested for unlawful possession of narcotic substances and charged in writing with the offence of illegal possession of narcotic substances to be summoned later, while for the offences of common assault and alarm she is in custody.
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A car belonging to a woman of Cypriot nationality originating from Bulgaria, was stolen on July 3 from the woman's area of residence in Chloraka, she did not report the theft to the Police and finally yesterday the vehicle was found destroyed by fire in Tsada.
The fire in the vehicle was found to have been set maliciously and the Police collected evidence from the scene for further examinations, while investigating the possibility that the vehicle was used in an illegal act, which is why the perpetrators wanted to disappear their traces with the fire.
The vehicle was located when at noon on Wednesday citizens called the Stroumbi Police Station reporting that a car was on fire in an area of Tsada. Police officers went to the scene and found that the car had been completely destroyed. Further examinations by the Police and Fire Brigade revealed that the fire was set maliciously and evidence was received for scientific examinations.
It was found that the car is owned by a Cypriot national of Bulgarian origin.
The owner told investigators that her vehicle had been stolen since July 3, but she did not report it to police.
Police examinations are ongoing.
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in-cyprus 6 July 2023 - by Annie Charalambous
Police found at a Greek Cypriot man’s house in mountainous Platres a total of 6.3 grams of cocaine hidden in dog collars as well as in a box with TV remote controls.
This is what Philenews reported on Thursday, adding that the 49-year-old suspect was in police custody over the past couple of days in connection with other offences – including possession of burglars’ equipment.
The suspect alleged the confiscated drugs were for his personal use only and that he had forgotten them in the living room.
However, police who searched his bedroom found a sum of €11,900 in €100 and €50 notes in a cupboard. He alleged the money belonged to his wife.
Moreover, four packages containing 340 military cartridges of 9 and 7.62 mm diameter were also found in his Platres home.
He told interrogators that he had found the cartridges accidentally while walking in Kato Platres three weeks ago. And that he had taken them home, cleaned them and forgotten about them.
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