Pafos Live 10 July 2024
A 50-year-old Bulgarian resident of Paphos was arrested by the police after a large quantity of cigarettes apparently supplied from the occupied areas was found in his possession.
The Bulgarian's vehicle was stopped by members of the Paphos police for a check in the airport area last night. Inside the car were found 7 boxes of cigarettes and about a kilogram of tobacco.
Customs officials were summoned and fined the Bulgarian €1800, while the tobacco products were confiscated by the authorities.
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Pafos Press
A coordinated operation to crack down on illegal residence on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus was carried out by the Aliens and Immigration Service of Paphos yesterday from 05:00-09:00am resulting in the arrest of eight persons.
From the investigations carried out by the members of YAM Pafos in various properties and places of residence, in the city and district of Pafos, eight persons who are in Cyprus without the required residence permits were identified and automatically arrested.
According to the Assistant Police Director of operations in Paphos, Michalis Nikolaou, these are four men and four women, six of whom are Asian and two of African origin.
The eight persons were taken into custody and today they are expected to appear before the Paphos District Court for the issuance of a detention order while at the same time their repatriation procedures will begin.
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Filenews
Seven mobile phones were found in the new search carried out this morning by the Police and Central Prisons in prisoner cells.
The movable property has been confiscated and will be examined, while its owners will suffer the disciplinary consequences provided for by the regulations.
Because possession of a mobile phone in prisons is considered a serious offence, these disciplinary offences are tried by the prison director himself, who has the right to impose up to three months in prison.
Severe sentences have already begun to be imposed on some prisoners who were found again with mobile phones, in order to send the message that such behaviour can no longer be tolerated.
Today's search began in the morning and lasted three hours. It covered the entire closed prison and examined the way in which mobile phones are introduced into prisons despite the strict measures taken after a bomb exploded in a prison inspector's vehicle.
A search last Friday found five other mobile phones and a small amount of drugs. The investigations will continue, as the Minister of Justice said yesterday, in order to stop the order to commit crimes from inside prisons.
Police believe the bombing of a prison officer was ordered by the prison in retaliation for frequent searches of the cells.
