CRIME ROUND UP

 Pafos Live 22 May 2024

The sum of €11,124 was collected on Tuesday by the competent Unit of the Pafos Police Authority, as part of a coordinated operation to execute warrants pending in the Pafos district.

According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, the warrant collection operation was carried out throughout the day.

During the coordinated campaign, a total of 64 fine warrants were executed and the sum of  €11,124 was collected, Nicolaou said.  These campaigns will continue at regular intervals, he concluded.

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Police in Paphos arrested a 30-year-old man on Tuesday to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of theft from a residence.

According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on May 10, a 26-year-old man reported that on May 8, a gold ring worth €3,000 had been stolen from his residence.

The 26-year-old expressed suspicion against a 30-year-old friend against whom an arrest warrant was issued. Yesterday, Tuesday at around 14:45, the 30-year-old wanted man was spotted driving in Paphos, stopped and underwent a drug test with a positive indication.

The 30-year-old was subsequently arrested on the basis of the outstanding warrant against him. According to Mr. Nicolaou, under interrogation, he confessed to committing the theft and handed over the stolen ring to the police. The 30-year-old was taken into custody. On Wednesday he is expected to be charged in writing to be subpoenaed later.

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Members of the YKAN conducted a search with a court warrant yesterday afternoon at the home of a 58-year-old man, in the district of Larnaka.

During the search, approximately 120 grams of cannabis were found and seized at various points within the house and in an open fenced area of the house, six cannabis plants, 60-104 cm high.

The 58-year-old was arrested and detained to facilitate interrogations.

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Filenews

A serious incident occurred at a residence on Ledra Street in old Nicosia, where four foreigners of Greek nationality lived.

As philenews learns, for unknown reasons so far, a fight broke out between the roommates.

One person was seriously injured in the fight, possibly with a stone. He was found unconscious and taken to hospital. A second person has knife abrasions, but his condition appears less serious.

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Cyprus Mail

The 23-year-old man involved in a hit and run that killed 77-year-old Eleni Stavrinidou last week will face manslaughter charges, police said on Wednesday.

“It appears the way in which the victim died shows not negligence but a deliberate act,” police spokesman Christos Andreou told journalists.