Pafos Live 16 April 2024
Paphos Police have arrested a 24-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of illegal possession of drugs and illegal possession of property late last night.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, yesterday at around 23:30 members of the Pafos Traffic Police stopped a car driven by a 24-year-old man for inspection on Konstantinou Palaiologou Street in Geroskipou.
During the search, Nicolaou said, he was found in possession of cannabis weighing two grams as well as a crystal substance resembling methamphetamine weighing 0.3 grams and he was arrested for flagrant offences of illegal possession of narcotic substances.
A further search of the 24-year-old's vehicle found property including power tools, a wristwatch, a women's chain, a ring, as well as €290 and £20.
Nicolaou told CNA that the 24-year-old did not give satisfactory explanations and was arrested for the offence of illegal possession of property. Further in a narcotest test carried out it showed a positive indication. The 24-year-old was arrested and is in custody.
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A case of illegal possession of explosives is being investigated by the Police, after the detection and seizure of a number of firecrackers, which were found yesterday afternoon, following a search at the home of a minor.
The firecrackers, 113 in total, were found after a search based on a court warrant at the minor's home, which is located in a village in the Nicosia district.
All firecrackers were taken as evidence, and the minor is expected to be summoned for questioning at a later stage.
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As part of an investigation into two cases of car theft, police arrested one person on the basis of a court warrant last night.
He is a 21-year-old man who was detained to facilitate interrogations.
The first case concerned the theft of a car on 15/04/2024, while it was parked in a public parking lot in Limassol, while the second case, the theft of a car between the dates 14-15/04/2024, which was parked in the area of Agios Athanasios in Limassol.
Members of the Police (OPE and Limassol Traffic Police) located yesterday afternoon in an area of Limassol, the second stolen car, which after intercepting, found that the driver was the 21-year-old, who was arrested for a flagrant offense.
Under questioning, the 21-year-old drove the members of the Police to a specific area in Limassol, where the first stolen car was found.
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Pafos Press
The Paphos Police proceeded to arrest a 32-year-old woman to facilitate investigations into an investigated case of forgery and impersonation as well as illegal employment and stay in the territory of the Republic.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations Michalis Nikolaou, on April 15 around 20:30 members of the Paphos Aliens and Immigration Service went to a specific hotel in Kato Paphos to investigate information that undeclared foreigners were working there illegally.
After discreet surveillance of the place, Mr. Nikolaou said, they approached a woman working in the hotel's kitchen, who allegedly introduced herself as a 32-year-old Latvian by presenting a photocopy of a Latvian ID card with her photo.
Further tests carried out revealed that the document was forged. As it was established, she is 32 years old but comes from Georgia, and in the past, specifically on August 18, 2023, she was arrested for illegal stay in the Republic and was deported.
It seems, Mr. Nikolaou added, that while she was a prohibited immigrant she returned to the Republic of Cyprus through occupied countries. The 32-year-old was arrested for the crime of impersonation and then with a court warrant for the other crimes and was taken into custody.
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A 42-year-old man was handcuffed by the Police, after finding drugs in a cupboard used by prison guards at the Kentirkes Prison.
According to the Police, as part of an investigation into the detection of drugs in the Central Prisons, the Authorities proceeded, based on a court warrant, to arrest a person.
This is a 42-year-old man, who was taken into custody to facilitate investigations. YKAN (Klimakio Nicosia), continues the exams.
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Filenews
As part of an investigation into a road traffic collision, police arrested one person yesterday afternoon. He is a 60-year-old man who was detained to facilitate interrogations.
Specifically, the road collision concerned the 60-year-old's failure yesterday to stop for a check, when he was detected yesterday afternoon by members of the Limassol Cycling Police, driving recklessly and dangerously, in an area of Limassol.
The 60-year-old driver developed speed to escape, while during his arrest, he collided slightly with a member of the Cycling Policing.
Subsequent examinations revealed that the 60-year-old was driving his car without a safety certificate, a registration certificate, a certificate of suitability, and a stolen registration plate.
Also, against the 60-year-old, it was found that a number of fine warrants were pending.
The member of the Cycling Team visited a private hospital, where it was found that he had bruises on various parts of his body and after receiving first aid, he was discharged.
The Limassol Traffic Police continues the examinations.
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Cyprus Police
A driver, aged 41, who was involved in a traffic collision, in the province of Famagusta last night, tested positive for driving under the influence of alcohol, with an indication of 119μg%ml. The traffic collision happened shortly before 9:00 on Monday evening, on Protaras Avenue, in Paralimni, where under circumstances that are being investigated by the Police, the 41-year-old driver collided his car with another passing car. No one was injured in the collision between the two vehicles. Members of the Police rushed to the scene of the collision, where they submitted the 41-year-old driver to a breathalyzer, with an indication of 119μg%ml instead of up to 22, which is the permitted limit. He was arrested for the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol. At the end of the police examinations, he was released, to be summoned before a Court of Justice to hear the case. The Paralimni Police Station continues the examinations.
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Filenews
Just 48 hours after the armed robbery of a kiosk in Chloraka, the same kiosk was the target of another robbery by the same perpetrator.
This unusual practice of the robber eventually cost him five years in prison, which was imposed today by the Pafos Assize Court on the 24-year-old of African origin who was found to be the perpetrator of two robberies of the same premises.
The double robbery took place on March 8 and 10, 2023 with exactly the same methodology, which prompted the police from the beginning to believe that the robber was the same person. In both cases, the unknown man wearing a hood and black clothes entered the kiosk and showing the cashier a pistol, which was placed at his waist and was eventually found to be a dummy, extorted from the cashier a sum of money of €300 and €400 respectively, leaving the scene on foot. As the employee of the 24-hour service kiosk said in a statement to the police, it was the same person.
The Police were led in the following days to arrest the 24-year-old based on evidence and visual material and he was detained, while upon completion of the investigations he was referred before the Assize Court.
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The Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision, recently decided to release on parole a 43-year-old from Ukraine, who faces a number of charges related to the well-known money laundering case.
Following his trial before the Larnaka Assize Court, a request for his detention was approved on the basis of the risk of absconding.
His defence lawyers challenged that decision by raising eight grounds of appeal, with the appellate judiciary recently deciding that he would be released on parole.
Based on these terms, the 43-year-old will deposit the amount of 30,000 in cash, hand over his travel documents to the police, have his name included in the list of people whose exit to the Republic is prohibited and report to a police station three times a week.
As it is known, the case arose after a 31-year-old woman from Ukraine complained that she had been robbed and specifically that a bag with €420,000 in cash was stolen from her in Limassol, a few hours after her arrival in Cyprus through Larnaka airport.
The 31-year-old was later arrested after it was found that over a long period she was coming to Cyprus and declaring exorbitant amounts of cash. In testimony he gave to police investigators, he implicated the 43-year-old in the case.
Lawyers Antonis Demetriou, Marinos Kaoullas and Andreas Demetriou (Demetriou & Demetriou LLC) appeared for the 43-year-old.
