Pafos Live 22 April 2024
A member of the church committee of Chlorakas complained to the police that the bronze bell of the church was stolen from the chapel of Agios Nikolaos in Chloraka.
According to the complaint, the theft took place either Friday night or Saturday night. The value of the bell is estimated at €3,500 and was located in a small bell tower in the courtyard of the church that is right next to the community stadium of Chloraka.
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Unknown assailants broke into an office at Panagia Theoskepasti High School last night.
The attackers stole a laptop belonging to an assistant school principal and then set fire to an open area of the school of various objects they were carrying from the same desk, a fan, armchairs and a coffee table. The fire was extinguished by the fire department.
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Police arrested a woman and a man, aged 25 and 31 respectively, in connection with an investigated case of theft of money from a shop, committed yesterday afternoon, at a kiosk in the area of Morfou.
The 31-year-old suspect is being investigated in another case of theft, namely theft of a construction machine, committed in the previous days, at a residence in the Nicosia district. The two suspects were located and arrested shortly after 8.00 last night, when a police member of the Morphou ICF, who was conducting police examinations in a Community of Morfou, noticed driving inside the village, a car that resembled the vehicle used by the perpetrators of the theft of money from a kiosk, in the area of Morfou.
The theft had been reported a short time earlier to the Morphou ICF. According to the complaint filed with the ICF, around 5.00 pm on Saturday, after a woman and a man entered the kiosk, the suspicious woman stole a sum of money from the cash register while the kiosk employee was busy elsewhere inside the kiosk.
The two suspects drove away driving a car of a specific description. After later in the evening, the member of the ICF of Morphou noticed the car of similar description, being driven within the Community in the area of Morfou, he proceeded to stop the vehicle, which was found to be driven by a 25-year-old woman.
A search of the vehicle followed, where they found neck jewellery, a new box with headphones, and a timber mount, for the possession of which the 25-year-old did not give satisfactory explanations.
A small amount of cannabis resin, weighing approximately 1.5 grams, was also found inside three nylon bags. The 25-year-old was arrested for flagrant offences, while members of the Police also searched her residence. During the search of the residence, the 31-year-old suspect was also identified.
After identifying him, it was established that he was wanted in connection with another theft case under investigation, for which a judicial arrest warrant had been issued against him. This is specifically a case of theft of a ceramic cutting machine, which was stolen on April 7, from a courtyard of a residence, in the area of Xyliatou. Another suspect, a 57-year-old man, was arrested in connection with the case on April 8 and was subsequently released after being questioned in writing.
After the 31-year-old was arrested by the members of the Police, pursuant to the court warrant issued for the theft of the ceramic cutting machine, judicial arrest warrants were issued against him, as well as against the 25-year-old suspect, for the purpose of investigating the case of theft of money from the kiosk. The two were arrested and detained.
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A three-day detention order was issued on Sunday by the Pafos District Court against a 61-year-old man in order to facilitate investigations for an investigated case of residential burglary and theft.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on April 19, a 47-year-old man reported to the Police that his residence in the area of the village of Yolou was broken into, from where property was allegedly stolen.
Further tests yielded testimony against a 61-year-old man, who was arrested on Saturday and subsequently appeared in court on Sunday. Since then, he has been under house arrest for three days while the investigations into the case continue.
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A 62-year-old man was placed in custody in Paphos on Sunday, until 09:00 on Monday morning, to facilitate investigations for an investigated case of inciting hatred on social media.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, a 39-year-old permanent resident of Paphos complained that a 62-year-old person from the Limassol district published on TikTok in his name a photo of the complainant, which, among other things, contained "racist" comments. , threatening and abusive content" according to the complaint.
The 62-year-old was located and arrested on Saturday, while on Sunday he was brought before the Paphos District Court, which ordered the detention of the alleged suspect until 09:00 Monday morning. The 62-year-old is expected to be accused in writing to be summoned again before the court.
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The presence and action of the Police for the prevention of crime and delinquency phenomena was intense last night, throughout Cyprus, by conducting organized patrols in specific areas, with checks of suspicious persons, but also with immediate response to calls from citizens.
According to a police statement, as a result of the policing measures, a number of persons were arrested for various offences, including carrying a pistol dummy, assault, stabbing, carrying offensive instruments, transporting explosives, and causing concern in a public place.
Since early afternoon yesterday, during the policing of a football match for the CFA Second Division Championship, at GSP stadium in Nicosia, members of the Police proceeded to arrest two persons, aged 16 and 17, after they were found in their possession by a flare separately.
The actions and policing measures in Nicosia continued with the arrest of a 19-year-old man, following a tip received shortly before 11.00 pm and reported that a suspicious man has pointed a pistol at a woman in an area of Palouriotissa. The 19-year-old suspect was located and arrested by members of the Police who rushed to the area. It was found that the pistol was a dummy and the woman in question was an acquaintance of his, who had allegedly donated the pistol model to him.
In the same area, shortly after 11.00 pm, a 20-year-old man was arrested by members of the Police, who during a check, found in his possession an iron fist. Also, during a check by members of the Police, shortly after midnight, in the area of Nicosia and Aglantzia, a 29-year-old man was arrested for the offences of stabbing, possession of an offensive instrument, and possession of explosives, specifically two fireworks.
Also in Nicosia, shortly before 2.00 am on Sunday, another person, a 34-year-old man, was arrested for the offenses of public insult, disturbing the peace, indecent act, assaulting a police officer, and resisting lawful arrest.
For similar offences of causing concern, disturbing the peace, and drunkenness, two more persons were arrested, in the districts of Pafos and Famagusta. Specifically, a 53-year-old woman was arrested, following information received around 8.00 on Saturday night and reported that a woman is intoxicated, shouting and causing concern to residents and passing pedestrians, in an area in Protaras, while in the district of Paphos, a 59-year-old man was arrested for the offences of drunkenness, causing concern, and resisting legal arrest, following a tip received shortly after midnight stating that a man was intoxicated and causing concern to patrons of a premises in Latchi.
In Limassol, during a check of three persons, aged 19, a small quantity of cannabis, weighing approximately 3 grams, was found in the possession of one of the three youths, resulting in his arrest for possession of drugs. The three youths were stopped by members of the Police around 8.00 on Saturday night, while inside their parked but operating vehicle, in an area in Mouttayaka.
In Larnaka, it is worth mentioning the arrest of a 16-year-old minor, by members of the Police, for the flagrant offense of stabbing, following a complaint submitted earlier yesterday afternoon to the Police, by a man and a woman, visitors to the Republic, concerning legislation to combat racism and xenophobia.
The two visitors had specifically complained to the ICF of Larnaca that, at around 3.30 pm on Saturday, while they were with friends in an area in Larnaca, they were approached by four youths, one of whom pointed a knife at them and expressed a threat against them, in relation to their ethnic origin.
Evidence emerged from examinations following the arrest shortly after 10:00 p.m. of the 16-year-old suspect, who is alleged to be the perpetrator of the attack, threat and stabbing.
In the context of investigating another case concerning legislation to combat racism and xenophobia, a 61-year-old man was arrested yesterday by members of the Police in Paphos, pursuant to a court warrant, and was detained for police examinations.
According to the evidence under examination and a complaint submitted by a 38-year-old man to the Pafos ICF, a user of a web application, recently posted photos of the 38-year-old and comments of abusive, threatening and racist content. According to the complaint, the same suspect allegedly sent the 38-year-old complainant phone messages with the same abusive, threatening and racist content.
Finally, it is worth mentioning another arrest, a 25-year-old man, during a police check shortly after 10.00 on Saturday night, in the Ledra area of Nicosia, since it was found that the 25-year-old, a third-country national, remains illegally in the Republic.
"Coordinated operations and policing actions, for the prevention and suppression of crime and all forms of delinquency, continue daily, at the same unabated pace by the Police," the statement concludes.
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A 21-year-old woman was handcuffed by the Anti-Narcotics Service at Larnaka airport after a large amount of marijuana was found in her luggage.
The woman arrived at the airport on Monday morning (22/4). After a check on her luggage by the Customs Department, 26 packages with approximately 16 kilos of cannabis were found.
The suspect was arrested and will be questioned by members of the Larnaca YKAN, in an effort to identify the recipients of the drugs. Tomorrow she is expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court for a detention order.
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In Cyprus, in recent weeks, the 'Committee Against Bird Slaughter' (CABS) team observed familiar bird trapping sites in the districts of Larnaka and Famagusta.
Despite intense searches, only eleven active trapping sites were found, with a total of 57 limesticks, mostly on fruit trees. Two bird trappers were caught by the CABS team, in cooperation with the Game and Fauna Service and the Cyprus Police. Under national legislation No. 152 (1) of 2003, on the protection and management of wild birds and hunting, these two men will face fines of around €9200 each for illegal bird trapping in spring.
"These high fines for illegal bird trapping in spring, combined with intense observation efforts by CABS and BirdLife Cyprus, have a decisive effect on reducing these crimes in April and May," said Wildlife Crimes Officer Bostjan Debersek. He added that in spring 2021, four times as many active places had been found compared to this year, in the same area where it was tested this year. The NGO expresses that all data clearly show that cases of illegal poaching in the spring have sharply decreased, following the inclusion of the highest fines of 2017, combined with the payment of these four-digit fines by offenders who have then been caught.
The CABS say poachers seem to have learned their lesson in the spring, and this would be consistent all year round if the same penalties were included in autumn cases, where illegal trapping remains rampant and existing fines are severely reduced, starting at just €200. "The next logical step would be to change the law again and use the same proven, successful measures to protect migratory birds in autumn and winter as in spring. If the state of the Republic of Cyprus really wants to curb illegal trapping entirely, then it doesn't make sense to take half measures," said Wildlife Crimes Officer Bostjan Debersek.
