Pafos Live 28 December 2023
Three persons aged 23, 22 and 19 were arrested for facilitating police investigations into an ongoing drug trafficking case in Larnaca.
In an announcement by the Communication Branch of the Police Headquarters, it is stated that "members of the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN) arrested the three persons for flagrant offenses after a quantity of cocaine and cannabis was found in the car in which they were being trafficked, in an area of Larnaka".
Specifically, "at around 3.30 in the afternoon of Wednesday, December 27, in the area of the Kalo Chorio roundabout, the members of the YKAN stopped for inspection the car in which the three suspects were moving, driven by the 23-year-old. A search of the vehicle found one nylon package containing a white solid substance believed to be cocaine, weighing approximately 256 grams, as well as two nylon packages containing cannabis plant matter, weighing approximately 10 grams in total."
The three suspects were arrested by members of the Police for flagrant offences and taken into custody.
The searches carried out "at the residence of the 23-year-old were also found 38 grams of cocaine, as well as a small amount of crystal methamphetamine weighing two grams."
The three persons are expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court today for a detention order.
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Pafos Press
Five persons were found by the Police yesterday Wednesday indulging in gambling in a building in Paphos.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Operations of Paphos Michalis Nikolaou, members of the Paphos Crime Prevention Ulam carried out an operation in a premises - cafe where they found five persons indulging in cubs. The person in charge of the building was also there.
Mr. Nikolaou told KYPE that as part of the investigation, 104 playing cards and 52 pokers were seized. Subsequently, all six persons were accused in writing and released to be summoned later.
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A hunter who was spotted on Wednesday was charged with illegal possession and transportation of a shotgun since the one he possessed was not registered in the Republic.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on 27.12.23 at 05:10, men of the anti-poaching unit of the MMAD were on a motorized patrol on a rural road in the area of the villages of Chrysochou and Steni to combat poaching when they spotted a permitted hunting area person to hunt .
When the specific person was checked, it became clear that he was a 45-year-old man, but the hunting gun he owned is not registered in the Republic. Furthermore, he does not have a registration permit and was hunting illegally.
Subsequently the 45 year old was taken to Polis Chrysochous police station, charged in writing and released to be summoned later.
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At Larnaka airport, shortly before his departure for abroad, a 22-year-old man was arrested yesterday by members of the Police, suspected of an investigated case of theft.
The suspect was arrested shortly after the theft case was reported to the police, while the stolen property was found in his possession. Specifically, shortly before 7.00 last night, a 42-year-old man reported to the Police that, while he was at a premises in Limassol, around 4.30 in the afternoon, his mobile phone, worth €1,200, was stolen, which he had left momentarily unattended, in an area of the premises.
For the theft of the mobile phone, evidence emerged against the 22-year-old, while the examinations that took place revealed evidence that he would depart from Cyprus on an evening flight to return to his country of origin. The competent police stations at the two airports, Larnaka and Paphos, were informed accordingly.
A little later, at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, members of the Police at Larnaka airport, during passport control, located and checked the 22-year-old suspect. During the check, the suspect confessed to the members of the Police the theft of the mobile phone, which he had in his possession and which he handed over to the Police.
The 22-year-old was arrested on a court warrant and taken into custody for police examinations, with the Episkopi Police Station investigating the theft case.
Another suspect, aged 26, was arrested yesterday by members of the Nicosia Police, with a court warrant, in connection with an investigated case of burglary and theft, while under questioning, he allegedly confessed to two other cases of burglary and theft.
The suspect was specifically arrested in connection with an ongoing case of burglary of a company's office in Nicosia, allegedly committed between December 18 and 19. According to the complaint filed with the police on December 19, a computer was stolen from the reception area of the building.
After evidence emerged against the 26-year-old for committing the burglary and theft, a court warrant was issued against him. He was located and arrested shortly before 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Questioned by members of the Nicosia ICF, the 26-year-old allegedly confessed to the burglary and theft, while he confessed to committing two other burglaries and thefts, committed in Nicosia, between December 18 and 24.
The ICF Nicosia continues the examinations.
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A sum of money amounting to €2,735 and 10 pieces of paper impregnated with a synthetic drug were found in the possession of the 59-year-old chief prison warden who was arrested yesterday morning by the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN).
The person in question had been stopped for inspection by the YKAN early in the morning on Diagorou Street (road leading to the Parliament) in the centre of Nicosia and was allegedly driving to the penitentiary to get to work. The members of this police service were acting within the framework of information.
A search of the 59-year-old's vehicle found five pieces of white paper, believed to be impregnated with a drug, and two bottles containing alcohol. In addition, he was in possession of a sum of €1,235 in cash. A search of his home followed, where he allegedly handed over to police members a postal envelope containing five more pieces of white paper (A4 glue), of the same type as those found in his vehicle and which also appeared to be impregnated with narcotic substance. Another €1,500 in cash was also found.
The chief jailer was arrested, while tomorrow he will be taken to the Nicosia District Court where the members of the YKAN (Nicosia unit) will apply for a detention order against the suspect to facilitate the investigations in relation to the case. It is considered certain that the management of the Department of Prisons has already taken steps to suspend the arrested person, since criminal investigation against the latter is pending.
This is the second identical case that law enforcement has had to deal with in recent months against a prison guard. Last November (13/11) a 45-year-old officer of the Department of Prisons was arrested after checking his vehicle. Pieces of paper (in an envelope) had been found in his possession, which, as had been determined by analyses at the state laboratory, were impregnated with synthetic cannabinoids.
At the moment, therefore, the YKAN is investigating the origin of the drugs, in an effort to determine whether the two cases are connected and whether there is a ring.
Regarding last November's case, it should be noted that the prison guard had been interrogated, charged and released. Police interviews at the time said the jailer said he did not know the pieces of paper were soaked in a synthetic drug.
The information then stated that the drugs had been given to the prison guard by a relative of a prisoner in the Central Prison, so that the prison guard could supply them to the convict.
Two relatives of the person serving a sentence in prison, a 31-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man, were arrested in mid-November.
