Pafos Live 15 February 2024
A 61-year-old resident of a village in the Paphos district was arrested by police. He told citizens at risk of losing assets to banking institutions that he would mediate to settle their affairs.
He allegedly deceived at least 3 citizens, the ones who complained so far, extorting more than forty thousand euros from them.
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A burglary and theft of a jewellery store occurred nearly two hours after midnight. The jewellery shop is located on Makarios Main Street in the commercial centre of Paphos.
The owner received a message on his mobile phone about the breach from the system installed in the store 15 minutes before two o'clock in the morning.
The three perpetrators, as shown in the CCTV images of the area, acted quickly, emptying the gold and other valuables that were in the store's window in less than three minutes and disappeared. The amount of damage to the jewellery store has not yet been calculated.
One of the three perpetrators of the burglary and theft of the jewellery store was holding a shotgun.
The attackers entered through the door of the store and it is being investigated how they breached the lock. They acted very quickly by emptying the store.
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In the context of the ongoing efforts of the Police to prevent road collisions and establish proper road awareness, the Nicosia Police Department intensified today the traffic police checks, which are carried out daily on the road network of the Nicosia district.
The intensive checks were carried out from 7.30 a.m. until 11.30a.m. today, by members of Team G of the Nicosia Traffic Police. During these periods, a total of 353 traffic offences were identified and reported, some of which are part of those offences that are proven to be the main causes of fatal and serious road collisions.
Among others, 55 complaints related to speeding and 17 to using a mobile phone while driving. Another nine complaints concerned failure to wear a seat belt or safety helmet.
At the same time, the members of the Traffic Police proceeded to confiscate one car and three motorcycles, which appear to have been illegally modified.
Police checks continue daily throughout the road network, in order to reduce road collisions on our roads.
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The 44-year-old woman from Portugal was extradited to Cyprus, believed to have played a key role in the international fraud involving 133 marriages of convenience, centred on Greece. She is the wife of the 44-year-old wanted man from Pakistan, who is alleged to be the mastermind of the ring.
The suspect allegedly recruited brides from Portugal and arranged for their transfer to Cyprus. Yesterday she was remanded in custody for five days by the Larnaca District Court on suspicion, among others, of conspiracy to commit a felony, participation in an illegal organization, participation and acceptance of the commission of crimes, money laundering, fraudulent marriage and forgery.
The 44-year-old, who is believed to have arranged a marriage of convenience with the 44-year-old, was arrested in Portugal on January 29 as part of a pan-European operation. Her involvement was revealed by brides from Portugal, who told the country's authorities that she was the person who recruited them either directly or through other women who had already performed marriages of convenience in Cyprus.
The suspect allegedly arranged their remuneration and in some cases accompanied them to Cyprus. Examinations by the Cyprus Police revealed that the suspect received sums of money exceeding €20,000 from both the main suspects and the foreign sons-in-law.
Under oral questioning, she allegedly admitted that she tracked down brides in Portugal to marry in Cyprus and claimed that her husband took advantage of her because of her poor financial situation.
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As part of an investigation into a case of violence at sports venues, police arrested three people yesterday.
They are two 28-year-olds and one 25-year-old, all residents of Larnaka district, who were detained.
Specifically, shortly before the start of yesterday's football match between Anorthosis and Apollon, a person in the south stand was detected through CCTV behaving suspiciously.
At the same time, three other persons outside the stadium and behind the south stand were found after a CCTV inspection to be behaving suspiciously.
After further inspection, it was found that a person who was outside the stadium, threw a rope in order to be picked up by a person who was inside the stadium.
The anti-riot team responded immediately, locating the three persons, near whom, two shoulder bags containing alcoholic beverages (beer and vodka) were found.
All three persons, (two 28-year-olds and one 25-year-old), were taken to the Larnaca ICF, where they were arrested on the basis of court warrants.
Today, they are expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court to register a case against them.
The ICF of Larnaca continues the examinations.
