Pafos Live 17 April 2024
From the fire that was maliciously set the truck was completely destroyed. A second truck parked next door and belonging to a company in the industrial area of Mesogi, which is right next to the Paphos road transport section, suffered slight damage.
The scene was cordoned off by police after the fire was extinguished by the fire brigade and examinations are underway to identify evidence that will help identify and arrest the perpetrators.
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The amount of €30,615 was received yesterday by the Pafos Police Authority's Warrant Collection Unit, as part of an operation to execute warrants that were pending in the area of the Pafos district.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, the warrant collection operation was carried out in the Paphos district on April 16 throughout the day.
During the campaign, a total of 126 fine warrants were executed and the sum of €30,615 was collected, he said.
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Police arrested a 44-year-old man today as part of an investigation into a case of vehicle arson.
Specifically, at around 5.30 this morning, information was received about a fire in a vehicle located outside a vehicle workshop, which spread to eleven more vehicles, which were completely destroyed.
Five other vehicles were also damaged.
During the investigation of the case, it was determined that this was a malicious act, while testimony emerged against a 44-year-old man, who was arrested this afternoon on a court warrant and taken into custody.
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In the context of investigating two cases of arson of betting shops committed recently in the Nicosia district, the Police proceeded yesterday on the basis of court warrants to arrest two persons.
They are men, aged 42 and 31, who were detained to facilitate interrogations.
Today they are expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court for a detention order.
The bookmakers' arsons occurred on April 8 and 9, 2024.
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In the context of the investigation of two cases of arson of premises (café – café restaurant) recently committed in the Nicosia district, the Police proceeded yesterday on the basis of a court warrant to the arrest of one person.
This is a 44-year-old man who was detained to facilitate interrogations.
Today he is expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court for a detention order.
The arson of the premises occurred on February 10 and April 13, 2024.
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The 31-year-old from Ukraine, who is accused of laundering almost €8 million, was also released on parole by the Larnaca Permanent Assize Court.
Two trials will be held in the high-profile case, one against the 31-year-old and the other against a 43-year-old compatriot who is alleged to be the recipient of the money. It is noted that yesterday the Court of Appeal had decided to release the 43-year-old conditionally.
As for the case against the Ukrainian woman, she was appointed today to answer the 40 charges she faces, related to money laundering and false statements.
Maria Neophytou's lawyers, Marinos Armeftis and Christos Charalambous, objected to her detention. Putting forward the decision of the Court of Appeal, Ms Neophytou said before the Permanent Assize Court that the witness material cannot establish what the offence giving rise to the offence is. In the end, the court decided that the 31-year-old should remain free after depositing €150,000.
Among the conditions set is the signing of a €50,000 bail by a creditworthy guarantor, with her obliged to appear three times a day at a police station. The case was set for May 13 to answer the charges the defendant faces. As for the case against the 43-year-old, in which the 31-year-old will be a prosecution witness, he was set for a hearing on June 6 after he was charged.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the 20 money laundering charges against him. It is recalled that the case came to light on March 1, after the 31-year-old reported to the police that she was robbed in Limassol by unknown people on a motorcycle who snatched €420,000 from her. From the investigations that followed, the 31-year-old was finally arrested after it was found that since August 2023 she arrived in our country 20 times, carrying a total of €7,832,300 for which she allegedly submitted false statements.
Subsequently, the 43-year-old was arrested, who received on March 1 a package that, according to witness material, contained money dropped by the occupants of the motorcycle.
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An operation to identify perpetrators of burglaries and thefts was carried out at dawn today by police officers of the Famagusta ICF, for the purpose of investigating a number of cases reported to the ICF, as well as in the context of measures taken to prevent serious crime.
The whole operation was based on an assessment of the modus operandi, the place and time of the suspicious persons, resulting in the detection of part of the stolen property and the arrest of seven persons. The burglary unit of the Famagusta ICF is investigating the involvement of those arrested in a total of nine cases of burglary and theft, committed between the months of January – April 2024 in Ayia Napa, from which electronic devices and already clothing and shoes with a total value of approximately 5000 euros were stolen.
Two of the seven suspects were identified by members of the Famagusta ICF, who as part of the coordinated operation, were under surveillance, in an area in Ayia Napa, around 4.00 am on Wednesday. The two suspects were wandering suspiciously in the courtyard of a residential complex, where they unsuccessfully attempted to break into residences. They were discreetly followed by the members of the Police, until they entered a residence, in which they live, as it was later found.
Upon entering the two suspects' residence, the members of the Police proceeded to a check, during which it was found that five other persons were and were staying at the residence. A search of the residence followed, where property and evidence, believed to be linked to a number of cases of burglary and theft, committed recently, were found in a residential complex in Ayia Napa, while another property was found, for which it is being investigated if it is the product of theft, after the seven suspects did not give satisfactory explanations for its possession.
The seven suspects, men aged between 23 and 31, were arrested for the offence of unlawful possession of property. Subsequently, after evidence emerged in relation to the commission of a total of nine cases of residential burglary, attempted residential burglary and theft, judicial warrants were issued for their arrest, under which they were arrested and detained for the purpose of police examinations.
The ICF of Famagusta continues the examinations.
