Pafos Live 25 June 2024
In the context of preventing and combating crime and consolidating the sense of security of the citizen, Pancyprian and coordinated campaigns and operations of the Police were carried out from last Friday, until the morning hours today.
During the campaigns, more than 1,300 vehicles were checked all over Cyprus, as well as persons on board.
Also, checks were carried out in 410 nightclubs, during which 53 complaints were made for offences related to the Entertainment Centers Law.
In addition, traffic police checks were carried out in all districts, during which 1,347 complaints for various traffic offences emerged. There were also 410 alcohol tests and 60 complaints.
At the same time, 414 complaints were made by drivers about speeding, while a number of written observations and written warnings were issued to drivers. 38 cars and 10 motorcycles were also impounded for further examination.
It should be noted that the coordinated and targeted operations of the Police continue in the efforts made to prevent and combat any form of illegality, aiming at further consolidating the sense of security of citizens.
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Pafos Press
A 29-year-old man was taken to the General Hospital of Paphos injured after being beaten on Monday night. The Police are investigating a case of carrying a knife/offensive weapon and causing actual bodily harm.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on Monday night, information was given to the Police that there was an injured person. Members of the ADE Pafos, he added, went to the area where they found a 29-year-old person, a political refugee, who had wounds on his back caused by a sharp object ( axe ). The scene was cordoned off and secured.
The complainant was taken by ambulance to the Department of Accidents and Emergencies of the General Hospital of Paphos, where it was found that he had traumatic back injuries and after he was stitched up and received first aid, he was discharged. In his written statement, the 29-year-old stated that he lives with other compatriots and that he had gotten into a verbal confrontation with one of them, as a result of which he was attacked, hit with a chair and fell to the ground.
Also according to the complainant's claims, while he was injured on the floor, various injuries were inflicted on his back with a sharp object.
At this stage, Mr. Nikolaou continued, the details of the alleged perpetrator remain unknown, however tests are being carried out to secure the details, so that the required arrest warrant can be issued.
The scene remains under guard to be re-examined this morning.
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Filenews
Testimony against a 32-year-old man emerged about the fire in Anogyra, who was arrested on a court warrant.
The 32-year-old foreigner was recently brought before the Limassol District Court for his detention request. The Court granted the police's request and ordered that the suspect be detained for a period of six days.
According to information provided by Philenews, CCTV testimony of an adjacent house emerged against the suspect.
Specifically, he recorded the suspect's vehicle passing by the spot where the fire broke out a few minutes after it broke out.
According to the facts heard in court, the 32-year-old was sought without being located.
Around one o'clock in the morning, his cohabitant was found at a house of her compatriots in Pachna.
She was in possession of a travel suitcase, the suspect's passport and the sum of €8,346.
When questioned, she claimed that she did not know the suspect, but he was spotted hiding on the roof of his home.
Both the 32-year-old and his cohabitant are illegally on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
It should be noted that against the 32-year-old suspect, the offences of fire in crops and plantations, lighting a fire in the open air, illegal possession of property, illegal stay in the Republic and illegal employment, committed between 14/08/2022 – 24/06/2024 in Limassol and in the village of Anogyra in Limassol District, are being investigated.
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A 12-year-old and a 13-year-old appear to have pleaded guilty to breaking out the fire in the Trimiklini area of Limassol district.
Police spokesman Christos Andreou told state television that after securing testimony, authorities were led to two minors, aged 12 and 13, who were at the station accompanied by their parents. Investigators pleaded guilty and used a ground firework in the area resulting in the fire.
It should be noted that due to the fire, about 1.3 square kilometers of dry grass and dense vegetation were burned, while the battle for its management was overnight. In fact, with the sunrise, aerial operations resumed.
The ICF Limassol continues the examinations.
It is reminded that the fire broke out at 16:55 on Monday (24/06) and was brought under full control today Tuesday (25/06) at 6:00. Strong firefighting forces remain in the area to deal with any resurgences.
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Police arrested a 44-year-old man yesterday to facilitate investigations into the explosion that took place at dawn last Saturday at a café in Nicosia. Along with the 44-year-old, a second person aged 24 was identified and arrested, in whose possession a quantity of drugs, three knives and other property was found.
The explosion at the café occurred around 4.40am on June 22, 2024, resulting in extensive damage to the side entrance of the café. From the examinations of the Police pyrotechnics at the scene, it was found that the explosion was due to the detonation of an improvised bomb, with a high-power explosive.
As part of the investigation of the case, information was obtained that a 44-year-old resident of Nicosia was involved. The 44-year-old was located by members of the police at around 4.10pm. yesterday, in an area of Nicosia. While located, the suspect was seen by police approaching a parked car and giving something to the driver of the vehicle.
Immediately, the members of the Police intervened and stopped the two persons for inspection. It was found that the driver of the vehicle was a 24-year-old resident of Nicosia. Inside his car, a small amount of cocaine, three knives, five mobile phones and the sum of €2,115 were found and seized after a search.
A search of the 44-year-old's car followed, where two syringes, with unknown liquid, a knife and a mobile phone, were located and confiscated. The two men were arrested for flagrant offences and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
Their arrest was followed by a search of their homes. At the 44-year-old's home, a small amount of cannabis and a precision scale were found and confiscated.
The two arrested were brought today before the Nicosia District Court for detention orders. The court issued an eight-day detention order against the 44-year-old and a four-day detention order against the 24-year-old.
The ICF Nicosia continues its investigations into the explosion, while the drug case is being investigated by the Nicosia District Unit.
During the extinguishing operations, 12 aircraft contributed from the air. The ground forces from the Department of Forests amounted to 150 people, 20 fire trucks, 10 dozers and 3 tankers. The Fire Service operated 15 people with 5 fire trucks, the Civil Defence 31 people with 11 small fire trucks, the Game and Fauna Service 6 people with 2 small fire trucks, the Limassol District Administration 4 people with 2 small fire trucks, the contribution of members of the community councils of the area was also important, the Police, National Guard, EAC and Volunteer Groups.
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He had left his car parked for months in an open area of Paphos, so when he went to pick it up he found it... literally half. Hitherto unknown perpetrators dismantled it and took most of its parts, apparently to sell or reuse them.
The reason for this is a resident of Paphos who complained to the Police Department that he had parked his vehicle in a field for almost six months. When he recently went to the scene to use it again, he was surprised to see that the vehicle was missing the bonnet, bumpers, traffic lights and driver's window, among other things. The damage, as estimated by the owner of the vehicle, amounts to four thousand euros.
This case is not unrelated, according to competent sources, to the recent allegations that thefts and vandalism of cars in Paphos are related to the phenomenon of traffic on the roads of many old vehicles bought by foreigners.
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As part of a motorized patrol, members of the Larnaca OPE spotted around 3.30 am today, a car parked at a gas station with a man as driver.
A check of the details of this person followed and it was found that he is a 31-year-old resident of the district of Larnaka, while in a search carried out, various burglary tools were found in the car as well as property for which he was not able to give satisfactory explanations regarding its origin.
The 31-year-old was arrested and detained while the Larnaca ICF continues its examinations.
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The Larnaca Permanent Assize Court today imposed an eleven-year prison sentence on a 26-year-old man who, after a drug trafficking trial, was found guilty of the offence of importing drugs.
The case concerns the importation of a quantity of cannabis weighing approximately 16 kilograms and approximately 752 grams. The large quantity of cannabis was imported into Cyprus in baggage, which arrived at Larnaka airport, on a flight from abroad, last March. Upon its arrival and location, the baggage was checked by officers of the Customs and Excise Department, in the context of the cooperation between the Police and the Customs Department, to combat the import and trafficking of drugs.
Upon identifying the quantity of drugs, police conducted tests, which revealed evidence against the 26-year-old. A judicial arrest warrant was issued against him, under which he was arrested by members of the YKAN and detained.
The case was investigated by the YKAN (Larnaka District Unit).
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Cyprus Mail
A German, living in the north, is due to the questioned on Wednesday in the Republic, regarding the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property.
The German suspect, the third in a row suspected of developing and selling Greek Cypriot property without the consent of the owners, was stopped last week while crossing to the south and handed a summons, which he signed.
Kibris Postasi reported late on Friday that the German contractor, residing permanently in the north, was questioned by the police and was released on bail.
“There has not been an arrest,” a police spokesman told the Cyprus Mail. He added that “we are investigating a case of this nature, and statements are being taken.”
He refrained from giving further details.
Well-informed sources told the Cyprus Mail that the police are investigating the case concerning Greek Cypriot property in the north.
The suspect was notified last Wednesday at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point, from where he was crossing into the south, that there was a pending summons to give a statement on June 26.
The German signed the summons, which says that failing to appear would be an offence punishable with a prison sentence and a fine.
The suspect then returned to the north, without crossing into the south.
Turkish Cypriot press sources said the German is among the foreign contractors employed at construction and land development companies in the north.
He does not appear to be linked to Afik group of Israel businessman Simon Aykut, who is facing a total of 124 charges for the exploitation of Greek Cypriot property in the north. He has been remanded in custody in the Republic.
The case of the German is the third in six months concerning a person residing permanently in the north and involved in usurpation of Greek Cypriot property.
However, it is the first time that investigations on this scale are being carried out against an EU citizen.
This appears to have caused quite a bit or unrest in the north and is a main topic of debate among the “government” and the “opposition”.
On Friday, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called a meeting on the issue of property, with the participation of the foreign and finance “ministers”, as well as organisations and institutions.
Tatar is expected to raise the issue during an upcoming meeting with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin.
Meanwhile, contractors, engineers, hoteliers to name a few are gearing up to complain to the EU and UN that the issue is being exploited politically by the south with an aim to suffocate the north’s economy, especially the construction and real estate industry, which has been booming over the past two or three years.
The north’s “prime minister” Unal Ustel said in a written statement that they are making “international representations”.
“Tourism minister” Fikri Ataoglu said that if the Republic continues, the north will retaliate and the only forum to solve the property issue will be the “immovable property committee”.
The same sources noted that, apart from the unrest in the north, there was also a lingering sense of uncertainty among those living in Greek Cypriot property.
It appears they fear crossing to the south for tourism, shopping or other errands will get them arrested.
