Filenews 17 February 2024
A well-established drug import ring in Cyprus appears to have been dismantled by YKAN Limassol, arresting a 22-year-old courier company employee and a 26-year-old man who was allegedly the recipient.
The tests so far show that huge quantities of drugs were imported into Cyprus in the same way in the last month and a half. Quantities that may exceed 80 kilos after the two suspects received, as philenews learns, two packets of drugs every week. The same information states that the packages were declared as clothes and with recipient details, female names.
The role of the 22-year-old courier company employee seems to have been decisive. Specifically, he tracked down the packages of drugs and undertook to deliver them immediately to the 26-year-old. As we are aware, under oral questioning, the 22-year-old claimed to receive €50 for each package he delivered directly to the second suspect. He said he delivered several packages to the person in question in the last month and a half.
The two suspects were brought before the Limassol District Court on Saturday morning, which ordered their detention for a period of eight days. Questioned in writing, the 22-year-old claimed the drugs did not belong to him, while the 26-year-old refused to answer investigators' questions.
The case is expected to be examined through Interpol to identify the sender of the drugs and the persons who may have been supplied by the suspects with drugs. A CCTV inspection of the movements of the two suspects is also expected. The information of philenews reports that the deliveries of drugs were made in the area of Polemidia.
The detection of narcotic substances and the arrest of the above persons were preceded by the detection of a package by the Hellenic Police, destined for Cyprus. The members of YKAN went to Greece where they received the parcel with the 4 kilos of cannabis and then, after they were replaced with dummies, an operation was set up to locate those involved.
The parcel arrived at a courier company in Limassol and the 22-year-old employee informed that he would take the parcel saying that he would deliver it himself to the address indicated. According to the same information, the parcel with the dummy drugs was delivered to the 22-year-old by a police officer under cover and before he could get into his vehicle, he was intercepted and arrested.
Subsequently, he collaborated with the members of YKAN Limassol where a controlled delivery was made to the 26-year-old. It should be noted that from examinations in the company's warehouse, another parcel weighing about 5 kg was found which the employee would deliver to the second suspect.
The two packages contained, in one, a quantity of cannabis weighing approximately 4 kilograms and 311 grams and the second a quantity of cannabis weighing approximately 4 kilograms and 720 grams.
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Pafos Live 18 February
Three drivers were reportedly spotted driving under the influence of drugs in Paphos on Friday night and early Saturday morning.
According to the Police, at 01:00 in the morning on Saturday members of the "Z" team in a check carried out on Sotiraki Markides Street intercepted a vehicle driven by a permanent resident of Paphos. A drug test he underwent reportedly tested positive for drugs.
Moreover, earlier on Friday night at 20:25 members of the "Z" team intercepted a vehicle moving on Tombs of the Kings Avenue driven by a 30-year-old permanent resident of Paphos. A drug test he reportedly tested positive for drugs.
Finally, at 19:40 on Friday night, a 47-year-old driver was stopped while driving his vehicle in the area of the Tombs of the Kings. A drug test he also underwent reportedly found him positive.
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Filenews 18 February 2024
Police arrested a 28-year-old man as part of an investigation into a robbery case committed on Saturday at a store in Famagusta district.
The 28-year-old suspect was taken into custody while the Famagusta ICF continues examinations.
According to the evidence under investigation, the robbery was committed around 3.15 am on Saturday, when a suspicious person entered a bakery in Famagusta district and at knifepoint extorted from the employee, a sum of money from the cashier. The assailant then fled.
Members of the Police rushed to the scene where they conducted examinations. During the investigation of the case by the Famagusta ICF, evidence emerged against the 28-year-old suspect, against whom a judicial arrest warrant was issued, for the purpose of investigating the case.
He was located and arrested by members of the Police shortly before 5.30 pm on Saturday and under questioning allegedly confessed to committing the robbery.
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Police arrested two persons, a woman and a man, aged 24 and 19, last night, in the context of investigating a case of conspiracy and aiding the illegal entry, transit and stay of third-country nationals in the territory of the Republic.
According to the police, the offences were committed between the dates 08 and 17 February. The two suspects were arrested shortly after midnight by members of the Nicosia ICF pursuant to court warrants issued on the basis of evidence obtained by the police.
On Sunday morning, the two suspects were brought before the Nicosia District Court for detention orders. After the Court approved the Police's request, it issued detention orders for the two suspects, for a period of eight days, for the purpose of investigating the case.
The two suspects are being investigated, inter alia, for offences of conspiracy to commit a felony and misdemeanor, facilitation of illegal entry, transit and stay in the territory of the Republic, impersonation, obtaining registration by false representations, and money laundering.
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Cyprus Mail
Unrest broke out in the early hours of Sunday when a man pulled out a gun outside a baker in Nicosia to break up an incident with youngsters.
According to the police, the incident took place at around 4am on Iosif Hadjiosif street in Strovolos when a customer had a verbal confrontation with a group of youngsters when he left.
When he reportedly attacked one of them, the rest of them got involved.
At this point, he is reported to have gone to his car from which he got a gun to threaten the group of young people, who scattered.
After they left, so did the man.
Police arrived at the scene and located the young people. They are looking for the man.
Police are investigating a case of illegal possession and transport of a firearm.
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Cyprus Police
In checks carried out yesterday at the Kato Pyrgou-Limnitis crossing point by the Police, in collaboration with the Customs Department, five persons were found in possession of quantities of duty-free tobacco products, building material, agricultural fertilizer and pesticide, as well as gasoline. Specifically, 16 packs of cigarettes were found and confiscated in the car of one person and five (5) packs of tobacco were found and confiscated in the car of a second person. In the third person's car, a quantity of construction rubber, in 15 packages of 20 kg, was located and confiscated, while in the fourth person's car, a quantity of agricultural fertilizer, weighing one kilogram, as well as a quantity of pesticide, weighing two liters, were located and confiscated. Finally, in the fifth person's car, a quantity of gasoline, weighing 30 liters, was found and confiscated in a container. All the items found were seized by officials of the Customs Department.
