Pafos Live 15 December 2023
The Pafos District Court imposed a three-year prison sentence on a 21-year-old man in Paphos after finding him guilty of burglary and theft.
Specifically, according to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, the 21-year-old was found guilty on December 11 by the court of the offences of burglary, theft and illegal possession of property.
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Pafos Press 14 December
During the night, the Fire Department responded to 28 incidents in the provinces of Limassol, Larnaca and Nicosia, in which young people caused damage in various places and set fire to wood, bins and tires.
According to the Fire Department, the incidents occurred in parks and open spaces in the three provinces.
In fact, in two cases in Larnaca, young people threw stones at a fire truck and a firefighter, who was wearing his helmet and was not injured.
The incidents are being investigated by the Police and the Fire Brigade, without the number of young people involved being known so far.
Source: sigmalive
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Pafos Press 15 December
The District Court of Paphos on Wednesday imposed a 45-day prison sentence on a 28-year-old woman, related to a case of driving under the influence of drugs.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, the Paphos District Court also imposed on the 28 year old five points on the licence and deprivation of a driver's licence for 3 months.
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A 40-year-old person is wanted by the Paphos Police to facilitate investigations regarding an investigated case of robbery and stabbing.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on Thursday afternoon a 39-year-old visitor to Cyprus reported that on the same day at around 01:00 after midnight, while he was walking on a street in Kato Paphos, he was approached by an unknown man holding a knife in his hand and under threat, allegedly forced him to hand over €20 he had in his wallet.
He also complained that he forcibly removed a gold chain and a gold ring from his neck.
After the complaint to the Police, tests were carried out and in a gold buying shop, in Paphos, testimony emerged in cooperation with the owner that similar jewellery had been sold for a small amount of money on the same day by a 40-year-old.
An arrest warrant has been issued against the 40 year old man, who allegedly delivered the valuables to the store in question, for robbery and stabbing and he is wanted. The tests to identify him are continuing.
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A 27-year-old man who was arrested on Wednesday night to facilitate investigations related to an investigated case of illegal possession of drugs with the intent to supply to another person and carrying a knife was released on Thursday pending scientific tests and analysis at the State General Chemistry Lab.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, the vehicle driven by the 27-year-old was stopped for a check by members of the Police, around 8pm. on Wednesday night, on a street in Paphos.
During the check, a knife and eight nylon packages, allegedly containing methamphetamine, with a total gross weight of 6.5 grams, were found in his possession, which were sent to the State General Chemistry for further analysis. A sum of money was also located and seized.
The 27-year-old was arrested for an unprovoked crime and taken into custody to facilitate investigations. Subsequently, he was released yesterday pending scientific examinations at the State General Chemistry Lab.
YKAN [Paphos District Office] is investigating the case.
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The Paphos Police carried out a coordinated operation to crack down on undeclared and illegal work, illegal employment and employment and illegal stay on the territory of the Republic.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on 14.12.23 between 08:30 - 11:30, members of the Aliens and Immigration Service in collaboration with Inspectors of the Service for Combating Undeclared Work of the Ministry of Labor conducted a coordinated operation in buildings under construction in city and province of Paphos.
Mr. Nikolaou told KYPE that as part of the operation, a number of workplaces were checked in which they identified two persons who were working illegally and their two employers who allegedly employed them illegally.
Regarding the two illegal employments, Mr. Nikolaou told KYPE, one person concerns a 33-year-old man who was employed in a building with a 40-year-old employer. The second case also concerns a 45-year-old person who was also illegally employed in a building in Paphos with a 39-year-old employer. All four persons are expected to be prosecuted.
Furthermore, the officials of the Ministry of Labor made four determinations of violations of the relevant legislation and issued out-of-court fines totalling €9,000.
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Filenews 15 December 2023
A "government" employee in the pseudo-state moved to the free areas and converted an apartment in Oroklini into a laboratory for the manufacture of synthetic drugs, which he supplied to users.
The reason is a 45-year-old Turkish Cypriot, who was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison by the Larnaca Permanent Assize Court. The convicted man was found guilty after a court hearing in a case of possession of drugs with intent to supply to other people.
The defendant lived in occupied Famagusta and in 2014 rented an apartment in Oroklini. However, he did not pay the rent and the owner of the apartment, in July 2016, went to it in order to change the lock on the door. When he entered the apartment, he found aluminium trays containing dry plant matter in the living room and an electronic scale in the kitchen.
He immediately alerted the Anti-Narcotics Agency, whose members received various items from the site, including 2,000 bags, gloves and masks, which were sent for scientific tests and in which the genetic material of the accused was found.
As found by the State Chemical Laboratory, there was more than one kilogram of dry plant matter in the aluminium discs, to which various synthetic drugs had been added. In February 2017, an arrest warrant was issued against the Turkish Cypriot, who remained missing and was finally located in June 2021.
Imposing the sentence on the 45-year-old, the Permanent Assize Court noted that this is a very serious case, since the defendant, while living in the occupied areas, rushed to the free areas and had organized the apartment in Oroklini in such a way as to turn it into a drug manufacturing laboratory. The convict's clean criminal record, as well as his personal circumstances, since he is the father of a minor child and his wife, who comes from Turkey, will find it difficult to visit him in prison were taken as mitigating factors.
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Based on the trace emitted by his mobile phone, which had been stolen along with other property from his room, a 29-year-old tourist led the police to locate and arrest a 43-year-old man suspected of burglary and theft.
The case was reported on Thursday morning to the ICF of Limassol and according to the 29-year-old, during the night his room was burglarized in a hotel in the coastal area of Agios Tychonas. His mobile phone, wallet, containing 3,000 US dollars, a credit card and his identity card were stolen from the room.
Moreover, the 29-year-old found the use of his credit card at various premises in the area of Agia Fyla, from where purchases totalling €99 were made.
Police examinations found that the perpetrator entered the room, breaching a wooden door, which was not fully closed.
At noon of the same day, the complainant contacted the police again, stating that his mobile phone, according to a special application, was transmitting a signal from Agiou Andreou Street.
He went to the spot where he noticed a parked car, red in colour, outside of which were two men and a woman, who then entered the vehicle and departed.
A member of the cycling police arrived at the scene, who informed the complainant that his mobile phone was now transmitting a signal in the area of the cemetery of Agios Nikolaos. The vehicle was found parked by other members of the cycling police, who proceeded to check the identity of the three persons who were at the scene.
It was found that the vehicle had been reported stolen and was driven by a 43-year-old man, in whose possession was found a suitcase containing 15 packets of cigarettes, two mobile phones, a wallet with a sum of 1800 US dollars, 145 pounds, €80, as well as the identity card, driver's license and number of bank and other cards of the complainant.
The suspect was arrested for the offence of theft and illegal possession of property, while under questioning he denied guilt and gave various allegations, which are being investigated. A court warrant was obtained against him for the arrest in the case, as well as for the theft of the vehicle.
The two persons who were spotted with him at the scene were interrogated and, since nothing came to light against them, they were released.
