Pafos Live 19 July 2024
Seven computers were found at a premises in Paphos and were seized, which appear to have been illegally converted into gaming machines, as part of an operation carried out yesterday afternoon.
According to Pafos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, late yesterday afternoon, members of the Pafos Crime Prevention Unit, pursuant to a judicial search warrant, entered and searched premises in Kato Paphos, where they located and received as evidence seven computer towers and a decoder for which there is reasonable suspicion that they were converted into gaming machines and that they had installed unauthorized copies of software programs against violation of the Intellectual Property Law.
The evidence, Nicolaou said, was handed over to the ICF for further examinations. Subsequently, the 37-year-old manager of the premises was summoned and gave testimony pending the results of the scientific examination of the evidence.
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In the context of investigating a case of car arson, committed on 15/07/2024 in Limassol, the Police proceeded to arrest one person.
This is a 48-year-old woman who was detained to facilitate interrogations.
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A 42-year-old man, who was wanted by the Police, was located yesterday afternoon and arrested, pursuant to a court warrant, to facilitate investigations into an investigated case of robbery and causing injury, committed in November 2023, in Famagusta district.
The robbery was committed on November 4, 2023, in Ayia Napa. According to the evidence under investigation, the 42-year-old allegedly attacked a 56-year-old man with a knife after an argument, resulting in an injury to his hand. The 42-year-old then allegedly stole a sum of money in the victim's possession and fled.
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A large number of electric scooters, believed to be stolen, were found yesterday by the police, in the possession of a 31-year-old man. The 31-year-old was arrested for a flagrant offence and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
Specifically, around noon yesterday, members of the Limassol Minor Offences Department went to a house under demolition in Limassol, following information that a 31-year-old man is staying there illegally.
Inside the home, officers found 110 electric scooters and two electric bicycles, for which the 31-year-old did not give sufficient explanation as to how they came into his possession. As a result, the 31-year-old was arrested for the offence of unlawful possession of property and taken into custody to facilitate interrogations.
Of the 110 electric scooters identified, 85 are in non-working condition.
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Filenews
A former referee was arrested last night at GSP Stadium with a backpack full of fireworks.
According to philenews, yesterday at 8.20pm. During the friendly match between Omonia and AEK Athens, a person was seen through the CCTV throwing a backpack from the top tier of the stands to the bottom.
Immediately a security guard ran and picked up the backpack and handed it over to police officers. Through CCTV, the person who threw the bag was identified and arrested.
He was taken to the Police offices at the stadium, where he was charged in writing and was summoned to appear today at the Nicosia District Court.
It is noted that inside the backpack there were 28 torches and two smoke canisters which were confiscated.
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The Assize Court that met yesterday in Famagusta, sentenced a 36-year-old man to eight (8) years in prison, after finding him guilty on the following charges:
- Forbidden immigrant.
- Assistance to 132 prohibited migrants to enter illegally the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
- He knowingly contributed to the transportation by sea to Cyprus of 132 persons for a fee.
The offences were committed on January 1, 2024 in Famagusta district.
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The arrest of a 20-year-old man from Israel, was carried out yesterday 18/7/24 in the afternoon by investigators of the Famagusta ICF to facilitate investigations in relation to a case of assault and causing grievous bodily harm against a 45-year-old British woman.
Specifically, on 18/7/24, the 45-year-old woman reported to the Famagusta ICF that on 17/7/24 at about 17:00 while she was in a hotel pool in Ayia Napa, she asked the 20-year-old, who was also in the same area, to stop disturbing guests staying at the hotel.
The 20-year-old reacted and after insulting her then attacked her and punched her in the face. The 42-year-old received medical treatment and was found to have a fractured nasal bone. A court warrant was obtained against the 20-year-old for the offence of assault and causing grievous bodily harm and he was arrested yesterday afternoon.
The suspect was brought before the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni, which ordered his detention for a period of four days.
