Pafos Live 7 March 2024
A Greek Cypriot couple spent nightmarish moments in Chloraka when two masked men, probably armed, entered their residence to steal.
According to the complaint, the owner of the residence, who is a military officer, was alone in the house after his wife had gone to a nearby residence where her elderly mother lives to take care of her. He heard a knock on the door and as soon as he opened it he was hit on the head by a burly man, as described, who had his face covered with a hood.
According to the complaint, he was holding a metal object in one hand. His wife heard shouting and headed to her residence but, according to what they told police, a second masked man who was waiting at the entrance, apparently acting as a target, beat her and immobilized her by grabbing her cell phone so as not to call the police. The two assailants, who were looking for money, according to the complaint, after not locating anything disappeared without stealing anything from the residence.
It is noted that the perpetrators were waiting for a third person driving a small silver vehicle with which they escaped.
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Filenews
With the intervention of President Christodoulides, the 82-year-old who was sentenced yesterday by the Limassol Assize Court to 2.5 years in prison is expected to be released
According to information, following the reactions caused by the sentence imposed on the elderly, the President of the Republic is expected to exercise his right to a presidential pardon, while he is in consultation with the Legal Service to activate the relevant procedures.
It is recalled that the 82-year-old last June shot a thief who tried to steal power lines from his premises in Alassa.
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The attempt to stop a rental vehicle in Limassol with three young Greek Cypriots, aged 23, 20 and 16 years old, as passengers, was episodic.
The chase started in an area of Limassol, when it was found that the vehicle was moving suspiciously and ended in Episkopi, where the vehicle was involved in a road accident with another passing car.
It should be noted that the three young persons allegedly threw bags out of the window during the chase, with the possibility that they were drugs.
The members of the Force signalled the driver of a car to stop, but the latter tried to flee by developing speed. A chase ensued, with the members of the Limassol OPE using their service weapons, shooting in the air. Finally, the rental vehicle collided with another passing car in an area of Episkopi.
The collision injured the two occupants of the second vehicle who were taken to the General Hospital.
A small quantity of drugs was found in the possession of the three youths, namely 10 grams of cannabis.
They were then arrested and taken to the Limassol Police Headquarters.
Reinforcements from other patrols of the Force have also rushed to the spot.
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A total of 405 complaints for various traffic offences resulted from traffic police road checks carried out by members of the Nicosia Traffic Police and the "Z" team of the Nicosia Police Authority, while two motorcycles were also impounded.
Traffic police checks were carried out between the hours of 6 am and 12.30 pm today in Nicosia, in the context of the prevention of road traffic collisions and the prevention and suppression of nuisance offences by cars and motorcycles.
The majority of complaints received concerned offences which have been proven to be the main causes of serious and fatal road collisions. Of these, 319 complaints for traffic sign violation and 53 complaints for exceeding the speed limit stand out.
It is also worth mentioning the complaints concerning the use of seat belts and the use of a mobile phone while driving, offenses for which the members of the Police made 10 complaints, as well as 8 complaints about parking in disabled areas.
Also, 6 complaints were made for invalid registration certificates and immobilized vehicles and 9 complaints for various other traffic offences. At the same time, two motorcycles were impounded for further examination.
Targeted traffic checks continue daily, around the clock, throughout the road network all over Cyprus. The sole objective is to establish proper road awareness by all road users and to prevent fatal and serious road collisions.
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Cyprus Mail
Police in the Famagusta district arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of stealing around 100 kilograms of copper on Wednesday night.
According to Famagusta police department spokesman Steve Theodoulou, a man who runs an electrical goods shop had filed a complaint with police about the stolen copper last Friday.
The complainant said an unknown man had entered a waste ground area near the shop at around 10am on February 28 and stolen the copper.
He added that the copper was surplus from air conditioning units he had installed.
The perpetrator’s movements had been recorded on CCTV. He is expected to appear in court on Thursday.
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A 28-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a handbag on Wednesday night.
Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said a 30-year-old woman had complained that her bag, which was worth €600 and had €200 in cash inside it, had been stolen.
The man remains in custody.
