Pafos Live 2 July 2024
Two kilos of cannabis and one kilogram of cannabis resin were found by members of the Paphos Anti-Drug Service unit at a residence in Paphos. Two young Greek Cypriots have been arrested and detained in connection with the case and are expected to be arraigned today in Paphos court for detention orders to be issued against them.
The police had received relevant information and searched the apartment with a court warrant identifying the drugs and some other evidence. Another two youths were arrested last night in Paphos after small quantities of drugs were found in their possession. Both were stopped for inspection while moving on foot. They were taken to the police station and released later pending final examinations.
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The immediate response of members of the Police last night, to a report of theft from a warehouse, resulted in the arrest of one person.
Shortly after midnight, information was received by the Police about a suspicious person, who was inside a company warehouse in Nicosia.
Members of the Police went to the area, where they found an unknown man, wearing a hood and gloves, exiting the warehouse, in possession of a piece of cable.
The person, a 39-year-old man, was arrested for the offences of unlawful entry, theft, resisting lawful arrest, assaulting police officers, possession of an offensive instrument and possession of burglary tools.
In a subsequent search of his car, several wires, a cable cutter and a bat were found.
According to a record of the property (cables) stolen, the value exceeds €2,000.
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Filenews
With a 13-year sentence on charges of sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 13, one of the most chilling cases tried before the Cypriot Justice was closed, with a 50-year-old accused and his foster daughter who experienced nightmarish moments at his hands at the tender age of 11.
This is a case brought to light by philenews, with the hearing taking place behind closed doors before the Permanent Assize Court of Limassol. The case was reported to the authorities in 2023 and took the path of justice, with the Limassol Assize Court sentencing the 50-year-old to 13 years in prison after earlier finding him guilty after a hearing on 15 charges relating to child sexual abuse offences under the age of 13.
As we wrote on May 24, these were offences committed for about a year behind the closed doors of the house where the minor was raised. At the time the offences were committed, the victim was only 11 years old. The case was heard after the defendant denied the charges against him.
In its sentencing, the Assize Court had found all prosecution witnesses credible in contrast to defence witnesses, including the accused, who were found to be unreliable.
The little girl was looking for affection and love, feelings that she did not have the opportunity to get from her real parents. She was given to a foster family about 3 years ago in order to grow up in a healthy environment, but the little girl lived for a whole year the ultimate nightmare at the hands of her foster parent. The now 14-year-old girl found the strength to reveal what was happening in the house where she was growing up, to her foster mother, with the case reaching the hands of the authorities.
The complaint reached the hands of the Office for the Handling of Family Violence and Child Abuse of the Headquarters and after investigation, the case was brought for trial in camera before the Permanent Assize Court.
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Shortly after noon yesterday, a 41-year-old man arrived at Larnaka airport on a flight from a third country.
A subsequent check found that the 41-year-old was wanted under a European arrest warrant by German authorities in connection with financial fraud offences committed in Germany and other European countries between 2016 and 2023.
The 41-year-old was arrested under the European Arrest Warrant and detained.
Today he is expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court for the commencement of extradition proceedings to the German authorities.
ICF Larnaca continues exams
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Stabbings occurred at noon on Tuesday in Nicosia.
According to initial information, a foreign man broke into a house where a woman – also a foreigner – allegedly worked as a domestic worker, and stabbed her.
The perpetrator then injured himself.
An ambulance was called to the scene and took the two people to hospital, with their health condition deemed serious.
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An incredible incident took place at dawn on Tuesday (02/07), in Limassol. According to the Police, at around 02:15, while a man was riding his motorcycle on Archbishop Makarios III Street in Mesa Geitonia, he was approached by four people, who were riding two motorcycles and wearing black clothes with hoods.
They then evacuated a fire extinguisher towards his face and after he fell to the ground they hit him in the eye and right shoulder. They then stole his motorcycle worth €2,500, his mobile phone worth €100 and €300 in cash.
A little later, at 02:40, while another man was riding his motorcycle at the junction of Agias Sofias and Th. Potamianou streets, he was approached by four persons, who were on two motorcycles and wearing black clothes with hoods, and in the same way they emptied a fire extinguisher towards his face and hit various parts of his body with fists and with the fire extinguisher.
They then stole his motorcycle, a mobile phone worth €250 and €300 in cash. The attackers fled in an unknown direction.
At 03:45, while a citizen was riding a bicycle and moving in an eastern direction on Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, before the roundabout of Agios Nikolaos, two persons on a motorcycle attacked again with the use of a fire extinguisher and physical violence, stole from him a shoulder bag with two bank cards and the registration card of a foreigner.
Patrols of the Limassol Police Department were immediately informed, which located on Markou Drakou Street in Mesa Geitonia a motorcycle without registration plates, on which two persons were riding and fully corresponded to the description given by the victims of the robbery.
A chase ensued and the occupants of the motorcycle fell off the motorcycle and started running to escape capture. A police officer followed one of the occupants where he intercepted him, while the other person fled in an unknown direction.
In a body search, he was found in possession of a mobile phone worth €1500, for which he did not give clear explanations as to the legality of his possession, he was arrested for the offence of illegal possession of property and detained.
At 06:30 information was received that one of the stolen motorcycles was located and placed under guard.
The ICF Limassol continues the examinations.
