Filenews 6 May 2024
The ICF of Nicosia arrested a person on Easter Sunday in the context of the investigation into the attempted murder of 34-year-old Dimitris Andronikou (23/4) on the Palaichori-Anthoupoli road.
According to philenews, this is a person of Romanian origin who was arrested last Saturday along with nine other suspects, but had been released. His lawyer, Alexandros Saouris, had raised the issue of the absence of testimony justifying the Police's request for his detention.
The Judge had decided for this person, as for two other Greek Cypriots, that based on the evidence there is no "reasonable suspicion" of their participation in the offences under investigation, and so she rejected the relevant request for their detention (she had approved an 8-day detention order for seven other persons).
However, it is obvious that for the police to proceed with his re-arrest, it means that ICF investigators believe that evidence has emerged against him.
However, according to what the ICF of Nicosia had presented last Saturday before the Nicosia District Court, they consider that the suspect of Romanian origin had supplied with a stolen scooter-type motorcycle, the natural perpetrators of the criminal act against the Demetriou.
They are the 7th and 10th suspects, who have been in custody since Sunday (28/4). The first was allegedly riding the scooter and the second, according to what police believe, was the one who shot the 34-year-old at least three times.
Sentenced to many years in prison, another man has been arrested in the context of the investigation of the attempted murder of Dimitris Andronikos ("Dimitroui") that occurred on 23/4 on the road Palaichori - Anthoupoli.
He is a person of Arab origin, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison in September 2021 for the attempted murder against Nikos Rodotheou (26/11/2018).
It should be noted that the two aforementioned along with the other seven persons who have been in detention since Sunday 28/4 will appear shortly before the Nicosia District Court. The latter will decide whether to approve the police's request to detain the nine suspects.
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In the context of investigating a case concerning the burglary of an EAC substation in Famagusta district and theft of a quantity of copper, members of the Famagusta ICF proceeded yesterday to the arrest of two persons aged 31 and 29, both from the Famagusta district, for the purpose of police examinations.
Specifically, following a relevant complaint concerning the above burglary, the members of the Famagusta ICF located in a village of the province, a car that resembled the description previously given to the Police.
The above persons were also found at the scene where, during the body search carried out, they were found in possession of a quantity of crystal ice weighing about 8 grams, as well as utensils related to the taking of this drug. In their possession was also found property for which they were unable to give satisfactory explanations as to its origin.
The two arrested were brought this morning before the Famagusta District Court, which issued an eight-day detention order.
The Famagusta ICF and the YKAN (Famagusta Unit) continue the examinations.
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Cyprus Mail
A woman from Kyrenia was arrested for practicing “witchcraft” and for taking money in exchange for promises of a Republic of Cyprus passport, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Tuesday.
The woman, aged 43, reportedly told two people she had “acquaintances” on the Republic and that she could provide them with identity cards and passports from the Republic in exchange for money.
She allegedly took a total of €3,600 from them.
In addition, the Turkish Cypriot police said the woman was practicing “witchcraft” and “making false statements” to two other people in exchange for money.
The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.
