Pafos Live 10 April 2024
Two people, aged 26 and 23, were arrested yesterday by the Police in Paphos to facilitate investigations into a car arson case. A 19-year-old resident of Paphos was also arrested for the same case on March 30, 2024.
The arson was committed on March 28, 2024, in a village in the Paphos district. The fire broke out around 10 p.m. in two vehicles, which were parked outside the house of their owners, as a result of which they were completely destroyed. From the examinations carried out at the scene, it was found that the fire was set maliciously with the use of flammable material.
Further examinations secured testimony against a 19-year-old who was arrested for facilitating interrogations on March 30 under a court warrant and placed in four-day detention. At the end of his detention order, the 19-year-old was released without charge pending the results of scientific tests.
As part of the investigation of the case, testimony was obtained against two other persons, aged 26 and 23. Judicial arrest warrants were issued against them, under which they were arrested yesterday and detained, to facilitate interrogations.
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17-year-old Alexandros Kasioulis is the new victim of asphalt who lost his life in a traffic accident that occurred on Monday morning, on the Nicosia – Palaichori road.
The death of the unfortunate 17-year-old resulted from severe traumatic brain injury and multiple injuries to the body and vital organs due to the car accident, according to what was shown by the legal autopsy on the body carried out today by forensic pathologists.
As part of the investigation of the fatal road collision, the Police invites any person who may know anything regarding the circumstances of the collision to contact the Nicosia Traffic Police at 22802023/ 22802086/22802075 or the Citizen's Line 1460.
Update - Cyprus Mail:
Police have found a car part of a third vehicle possibly involved in a fatal crash earlier in the week that killed a 17-year-old, it was reported on Wednesday.
On Monday, a fatal crash occurred on the Palaichori-Nicosia Road killing 17-year-old Alexandros Kashioulis.
From what police have so far determined, the teen had been driving a stolen vehicle when he crashed into a petrol tanker.
According to police, the teen then seems to have got out of the vehicle to flee the scene, when he was hit by an oncoming car.
A post-mortem carried out by state pathologists Aggeliki Pappetta and Orthodoxos Orthdoxou, showed that the teen died from multiple fractures and cranial injury.
On Wednesday, police said that a Nissan might be involved in the accident, as a piece from a TIIDA model was found at the scene.
The model of the vehicle is estimated to be from 2004 to 2012, and the car might have other damage on it from the accident.
Police have again issued a plea for anyone with any knowledge of the accident to contact them.
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Police made another arrest last night, as part of the investigations into the large quantity of drugs found and seized on April 6, in Larnaka. He is a 20-year-old resident of Larnaka, whose arrest brings the total number of arrests to five.
The 20-year-old was arrested at around 8.30pm. yesterday, pursuant to a court warrant issued against him on the basis of testimony obtained. He was subsequently detained to facilitate interrogations.
It is recalled that for the same case, so far, four other persons, aged 54, 25, 19 and 33, have been arrested and are in detention.
The investigation of the case began on the evening of April 6, when members of the Police found after searching the 19-year-old's car, a small amount of cannabis.
A search of the 19-year-old's home followed, where in the presence of him and the 54-year-old, a quantity of cocaine, gross weight of two kilograms and 623 grams and a quantity of cannabis with a gross weight of two kilograms and 733 grams were located and seized.
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Police in Paphos arrested a 28-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of illegal employment, while his employer was also charged with illegal employment.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, yesterday at around 11:00, members of the Aliens and Immigration Service in Paphos went to a restaurant in the Pegeia area to investigate information that illegal aliens were working there.
As part of the investigation, they identified a 28-year-old man who appears to be staying illegally in the territory of the Republic since June 6, 2023 and was employed without the relevant permits.
He was arrested and detained. He and his 42-year-old employer were then charged in writing to be summoned to court later.
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Two persons were arrested yesterday by the Police, in Limassol, as part of the investigation of a case of obtaining a driver's license by false representations. They are a 43-year-old woman and a 44-year-old woman, who were detained to facilitate interrogations.
The investigation of the case began after an evaluation of specific information, obtained by the Police. According to the information, in a package that arrived at a courier company in Limassol, from abroad, there were false documents. Members of the Police went to the offices of the said company, where they located the specific package. Inside was found a driver's license of a European country, with details of a specific person.
Further examinations by the police secured testimony against the 43-year-old and 44-year-old, on the basis of which judicial arrest warrants were issued. The two were arrested yesterday afternoon and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
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During a campaign carried out last Monday by members of the Warrant Execution Unit of the Nicosia Police Directorate, a total of 177 fine warrants were executed, of which a sum of money in excess of €95,400 was collected.
From the beginning of the year until today, 18,791 fine warrants have been executed by the Police, nationwide, from which the amount of €3,293,685 was collected.
The executed warrants relate to various categories of debts such as traffic and criminal offences, debts to social security and town halls, as well as alimony and private criminal cases.
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Pafos Press
A foreigner jumped from the 5th floor of an apartment building in his attempt to escape from the police.
According to the first information, early in the morning of Wednesday 10/4, after the police informed about the illegal stay of foreigners in an apartment building in Limassol, they went to the place for a check.
Members of the police force entered a 5th floor apartment in Limassol and under circumstances that are being investigated, two foreigners tried to escape. One of the two jumped from the bedroom window, causing him to fall from the balcony and fatally injure himself.
While the second jumped from the balcony of the apartment and fell onto the balcony of another apartment, resulting in serious injuries. The injured person was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The scene was cordoned off and the TAE of Limassol is continuing the investigations. 11 people from Bangladesh were found living illegally in Cyprus in the apartment.
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Filenews
A Larnaca-based criminal group trafficking large quantities of cocaine and cannabis believes it has been dismantled by the Anti-Narcotics Agency.
So far, YKAN Larnaca has arrested five people, including a mother and son, aged 54 and 19, as well as a 33-year-old man who is alleged to be the mastermind of the ring. It all started last Saturday night when members of the Police found after searching the car of a 19-year-old, a small amount of cannabis.
A search of the home where he lives with his mother followed and 2 kilograms and 623 grams of cocaine were found, as well as 2 kilograms and 733 grams of marijuana. Mother and son were arrested and remanded in custody by the Larnaca Court.
According to philenews, the drugs appeared to belong to the 19-year-old and were in plain sight in the house, with the 54-year-old arrested for facilitating interrogations. The investigation of the case revealed that behind the large quantity of drugs was a trafficking ring with activity that may go beyond the boundaries of the district of Larnaka.
This was followed by the arrest of a 25-year-old man and yesterday the police handcuffed a 33-year-old and a 20-year-old, who are expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court within the day for the issuance of detention orders. The 33-year-old, who was known to Police and has served a prison sentence in a drug case, is believed to have masterminded the gang by instructing the other three youths to store and distribute the drugs.
YKAN investigations are continuing in an effort to clarify where the gang obtained drugs from and whether it had other members in the trafficking network.
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