Pafos Live 19 January 2024
The Pafos Police arrested a 43-year-old person on Thursday afternoon for the investigation of arson of a Paphos Police member's vehicle, according to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations Michalis Nicolaou.
Nicolaou said that the fire in the vehicle, belonging to a member of the Paphos Police Authority, broke out on Sunday night in the area of Chloraka, in a vehicle and was parked outside his residence.
According to police, the fire broke out around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday and caused extensive damage to the vehicle. The fire was extinguished by the Fire Brigade before spreading to other vehicles parked near the vehicle.
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The Police continue to investigate the perpetrators of the arson of the vehicle of an officer of the Legal Service in Paphos, which focus on what may have been recorded by closed surveillance circuits.
As the Pafos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, told CNA, the investigations of the Pafos ICF focus on cases handled by the public prosecutor before a court and on persons who were either accused in them or had been presented in detention orders.
Nicolaou also said that CCTV checks continue at gas stations in the area adjacent to the scene.
According to CNA's information, searches were also carried out in cells of undertrials and convicts in the Central Prisons, as part of the investigation of recent criminal acts in Pafos, against public prosecutors and a police officer.
Moreover, as Mr. Nicolaou mentioned, for the purpose of thwarting and preventing various criminal offences committed in Pafos and mainly due to the recent serious incidents with arson against public prosecutors and a member of the Pafos Police Authority, a large-scale operation was carried out led by the Assistant Police Director of Pafos Administration and a total of 92 vehicles were intercepted between the hours of 19:00 on Thursday and 02:00 on Friday.
These checks resulted in 24 complaints, including possession of burglary tools, and four vehicle seizures.
These campaigns, Nicolaou told CNA, will be intensified in order to impose order and consolidate citizens' sense of security.
It is noted that due to criminal actions, meetings at the Police in Pafos follow one another.
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Pafos Police arrested a 36-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of illegal possession of narcotic substances and controlled drug class B.
According to Pafos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on 18.1.24 at 00:15, members of the Pafos Crime Prevention Unit stopped a car driven to Evangelou Floraki Street in Chloraka by a 36-year-old person.
During the search of the 36-year-old's possession, a quantity of cannabis was found and in addition to a test he was subjected to a drug test. The 36-year-old was subsequently charged in writing and released.
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In a coordinated operation carried out on Thursday in the districts of Limassol and Paphos, by members of the ICF Headquarters, the Aliens and Immigration Service and the MMAD, four persons were arrested to facilitate investigations in relation to an investigated case involving participation in a migrant smuggling ring.
According to the police, the four people aged 36, 30, 26 and 29 were brought before the Nicosia District Court and a detention order was issued against them for eight days.
Four other people are wanted in the same case, against whom judicial arrest warrants have been issued.
A police statement states that the four are being investigated, inter alia, for offences of participation in a criminal organization, participation and acceptance of crimes, offences in violation of the Aliens and Immigration Law, facilitation of illegal entry, transit and stay in the territory of the Republic and offences related to money laundering.
Following searches of the residences, premises and vehicles of the four suspects, pursuant to court warrants, various items, including a sum of money, were found and confiscated for police examinations.
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Police in Paphos have arrested a 28-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of assault on a police officer, drunkenness and causing distress.
According to the Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on January 18, at 23:50, members of the Pafos Traffic Police went to Poseidonos Avenue to investigate a traffic collision.
They identified the vehicles involved and the driver of one vehicle was a 28-year-old man who was intoxicated. He underwent an alcohol test based on which his blood alcohol was 74 mg, while the permissible limit is 22 mg.
During the final check, the 28-year-old allegedly hit a member of the Paphos Traffic Police with his hands on the chest.
The 28-year-old was arrested for assaulting a police officer, drunkenness and causing alarm and was taken into custody.
Moreover, the Police in Paphos proceeded to the arrest of a 45-year-old man, in order to facilitate the investigations into an investigated case of drunkenness and causing concern.
According to the Pafos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on January 18 at around 22:50 a patrol of the Paphos Police Authority spotted a 45-year-old person on Spetson Street intoxicated and causing concern to the residents.
The 45-year-old was arrested and is in custody.
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The ICF of Limassol proceeded to the arrest of three young persons aged 25, 18 and 21 in connection with the attack and beating of a 26-year-old man that occurred in the early morning of the Epiphany in the area of Saripolou in the city centre.
The three youths were brought this morning before the Limassol District Court which ordered their detention for a period of 4 days. The attack on the 26-year-old took place without any substantial reason or reason. According to what the complainant reported, while walking with two friends along Kanari Street towards the Catholic church, he was unnecessarily attacked by a group of youths who started asking him various questions as well as to which group he supported.
The 26-year-old said he avoided answering and at one point called them "mitsius". The youths appear to have been offended and attacked the young man, punching him in the face and kicking him. The investigations of the ICF of Limassol revealed that on the night in question, an event was taking place in an adjacent nightclub and about 300 people were present. From the CCTV study, it was found that some of the young people who attacked the 26-year-old were wearing sweatshirts with AEL insignia. It should be noted that the Police proceeded to publish photographs of young persons, some of whom were identified.
The 26-year-old complainant came back to the ICF stating that he had identified on social media the profiles of the three suspects, identifying them as the persons who attacked him. The ICF of Limassol proceeded to the arrest of the three youths while two others are wanted.
Under oral questioning, the suspects deny any involvement in the beating of the 26-year-old. It is recalled that the attack took place at dawn on January 6, 2024 in Limassol with the 26-year-old being attacked by a group of 15-20 people. The 26-year-old was taken to a private hospital where he underwent surgery after suffering a double fractured lower jaw and fractured nasal bones.
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A ring that allegedly trafficked Syrian migrants through Turkey to the occupied areas and from there to the free areas is believed to have been dismantled by the police.
Investigators from the ICF Police Headquarters proceeded to arrest four Syrians who were in Cyprus under temporary protection, while four more are being sought, including the mastermind of the ring.
Two Syrians were arrested in Paphos and two in Limassol. These are people from 18 to 28 years old. This morning they were brought before the Nicosia District Court, which issued an eight-day detention order against them. The Police are investigating against them a case of conspiracy, aiding third-country nationals for illegal entry into the Republic, illegal securing of money, etc.
In the possession of those arrested, mobile phones, other electronic devices, documents were found, while €6,000 were found on two of the suspects which were confiscated, while actions are being taken to confiscate their vehicles.
The police have testimonies from persons who recently came to Cyprus that they paid large sums to people who helped them to cross from Syria to Turkey, from there to reach the occupied areas and then with the help of other persons here to cross into the free areas.
Four other arrest warrants are currently pending, including the Turkish mastermind of the ring, which appears to be in Turkey. Investigations are in full swing and are taking place in three cities.
