Pafos Press 21 March 2024
The Paphos Police, yesterday Thursday in Paphos, proceeded to dismantle a spiral that manufactures travel documents, with the arrest of three persons, according to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations Michalis Nikolaou.
Mr. Nikolaou told KYPE that following information received by the Paphos TAE and related monitoring, yesterday he organized an operation in a courier shop based on information that fake travel documents had been sent and would be received by foreign persons.
Following this, Mr. Nikolaou continued, at 15:25 on Thursday, a 41-year-old person was seen, who received a package originating from Turkey from a specific courier office and was stopped.
Subsequently, the said package was searched, in which a Greek driver's license and a Bulgarian driver's license, in the name of foreign persons, were found hidden in polystyrene, documents which appear to be forged.
At 4:05 p.m., two persons, aged 36 and 45, went to the same courier shop, who received a package also sent to them from Turkey and from a check carried out on the package, again hidden in polystyrene, a Cypriot residence permit form was found Democracy in the name of one of the two persons.
The three individuals, a 41-year-old, a 36-year-old and a 45-year-old, were arrested on warrants and taken into custody.
The offenses they face are conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery. The investigations into the case continue by the Paphos Crime Investigation Department.
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Filenews
In the context of investigating a case in relation to the offences of conspiracy to commit a felony, robbery, common assault, etc., committed on 16/03/2024 in Ayia Napa, the Police proceeded yesterday on the basis of court warrants to the arrest of three persons.
They are men aged 25, 23 and 22 who were detained to facilitate interrogations.
The case concerned the complaint of three persons, according to which on 16/03/2024, while in a hotel room in Ayia Napa, they were attacked by a group consisting of about 12 persons, who after beating them with bats, stole a sum of money.
The ICF of Famagusta continues the examinations.
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The war for control of the night in free Famagusta is referred to by the explosion of a bomb at dawn in a well-known summer club in the Pernera area of Protaras.
The bombing has alerted police, who believe the attackers wanted to send specific messages. It is noted that until recently the management of the well-known club belonged to persons from Nicosia.
Investigations are focused in a specific direction and CCTV testimonies are being sought in an effort to trace the movements of the perpetrators. The bomb explosion occurred shortly before 2 a.m.
Vandals damaged graves, from which items were stolen, at the Dromolaxia Cemetery.
The attackers damaged small churches placed in graves and snatched valuables in honor of the dead, while breaking pots and other objects.
The case is being investigated by the police, as the mayor of Dromolaxia-Meneou, Kypros Andronikou, told philenews. "We unequivocally condemn the desecration of graves and will take concrete measures," Andronikou said, noting that lighting will be installed and the cemetery will be closed from 7 p.m.
The incident caused great upset to relatives, who were confronted with a gruesome sight when they rushed to the cemetery to visit the graves of their relatives.
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The two suspected Russians who are allegedly involved in a money laundering case are being brought back before the Limassol District Court.
The detention order of the two expires today, but due to the fact that the necessary examinations and investigations have not been completed by the investigators of the Financial Crime Investigation Office of the ICF of Limassol, the suspects will be taken to court for a request to renew their detention.
The allegations of the two Russians, aged 41 and 34 respectively, have been put under the microscope of investigators. On the one hand, the 41-year-old co-owner of the gallery in Limassol insists that it is legal money and income from his businesses, while the 34-year-old employee and friend reportedly changed his stance and denied what he said during his first testimony.
Investigators at the ICF Limassol are looking for the source of the €860.0000 found in the possession of the two suspects who allegedly shared the money via van with other persons. As "F" wrote, the main concern of investigators is to identify the source of the cash to determine whether this money was obtained from illegal activities.
It should be noted that the 41-year-old suspect and co-owner of the gallery in Limassol has been in custody since last Friday, guarded in a private hospital in the city, as he appears to be facing various health problems.
