Pafos Live 17 October 2023
The 47-year-old Syrian man who threatened to turn Paphos upside down will hear his sentence at the end of the month. The case was set for October 30 today in order to announce the sentence that will be imposed on him for the threats he made.
To these accusations he has answered an admission. On the same day, the hearing will continue regarding the case of theft and theft of scaffolding.
On this case he has answered non-admission.
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A quantity of cannabis, more than one kilogram, was found and confiscated by the Police and the Customs Department at Larnaka airport. To facilitate interrogations, a 30-year-old man was arrested and detained.
The drugs were identified in the context of actions carried out by the Anti-Narcotics Service, in cooperation with the Customs Authorities, to identify persons importing drugs into Cyprus through airports.
Specifically, around 1.30 p.m. Yesterday, a 30-year-old man who arrived in Cyprus from a European country was stopped for baggage control by a customs officer. During the search, five packages containing cannabis with a total gross weight of one kilogram and 140 grams were found hidden in wax and confiscated in his luggage.
The 30-year-old was arrested for a flagrant offence and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
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The Pafos district court today imposed a 12-month prison sentence on the Russian mother for the drowning of her daughter.
The girl, who had health problems, drowned in the summer in a villa pool in Peyia. Her mother had been found intoxicated.
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The route and origin of the 8 kilos of cocaine found and seized last Friday night (13/10) at a house in Mouttayaka, are being sought by members of the Anti-Narcotics Service in Limassol, who believe that another large hard drug cartel has been dismantled.
Investigators in the case appear convinced that the mastermind behind the large amount is the 35-year-old suspect, who keeps his mouth tightly shut. The authorities have had information about the person in question for some time that he is involved in the trafficking and trafficking of large quantities of drugs. On the other hand, the 34-year-old arrested man, owner of the house, admitted the role of storekeeper, claiming that he gave up the space of his house to hide cocaine, receiving a reward from the 35-year-old, the amount of €1,000 per month.
Investigations by investigators in the case are in full swing, looking beyond the drug route and the recipients. At the same time, the telecommunications data of the two suspects are expected to be checked and searches will be carried out at specific points and premises.
The value of the seized quantity of 8 kilos of cocaine, according to the experienced investigators of the YKAN, is estimated at €1million. The two suspects, the 34-year-old owner of the residence and the 35-year-old alleged mastermind, have been in custody for a period of 14 days since Saturday (10/8). "F" reports that the former has also found a lawyer to represent him in the judicial process.
According to the facts of the case, information was received in the hands of the YKAN that the two men, aged 35 and 34, were engaged in the trafficking of large quantities of drugs. After a coordinated operation by YKAN Limassol on Friday night (13/10), the two suspects were caught red-handed in an open area, bordering the 34-year-old's residence in Mouttayaka, separating and packaging a kilogram of cocaine. The two suspects, according to F's information, distributed the cocaine in various doses in bags so that it would be ready for sale.
The members of the YKAN proceeded to arrest the 35-year-old while the 34-year-old tried to escape, throwing in the yard of a neighbouring house, a bag of cocaine weighing 100 grams. The 34-year-old, however, was stopped by members of the police and put in handcuffs. In a search, buried quantities of cocaine weighing about 8kg as well as cannabis of one kilogram were found. Precision scales, a sum of money, a mobile phone, as well as eleven flares and two smoke canisters were also found and confiscated as evidence.
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A father and his six-year-old child were swept away at a pedestrian crossing outside a primary school in central Paphos by a passing car.
The accident took place while the parents were transporting their children to Agios Kendeas Primary School, on Charalambou Mouskou Street in the Paphos shopping centre. Under circumstances investigated by the police, while the father and the toddler were crossing the road to enter the entrance of the school, a car traveling on the road dragged them away, injuring them.
Both the parent and the child were transported by ambulance to Paphos Hospital, where doctors diagnosed that fortunately their condition does not cause concern for his life.
They remained at Paphos Hospital for further treatment.
The Police received a statement about the circumstances of the accident from the driver involved, who was found to be a foreign resident of Paphos, aged 22, and from other people present at the scene and examinations are ongoing.
