Pafos Live 3 July 2024
Police are investigating three cases of robbery, committed at dawn yesterday in Limassol. As part of the investigations, members of the Police proceeded to arrest a 19-year-old.
According to the evidence under investigation, at around 2.15 am on Tuesday, four suspicious persons, who were travelling on two motorcycles, approached and attacked a 37-year-old man, who was travelling on a motorcycle, in an area of Limassol. After the 37-year-old lost control of his motorcycle and fell onto the roadway, the suspects attacked him again, stole his mobile phone, money and motorcycle, and fled.
Also, at around 2.40 in the morning, a 23-year-old man, who was traveling on a motorcycle in an area of Limassol, was attacked by four suspicious persons, who approached him on the road driving two motorcycles. After the 23-year-old lost control of his motorcycle and fell onto the roadway, the suspects attacked him again, stole his mobile phone, money and motorcycle, and fled.
The third robbery was committed around 3.45 in the morning, against a 38-year-old man, who while traveling by bicycle, in an area of Limassol, was approached and attacked by two suspicious persons, who were on a motorcycle. The attackers stole a shoulder bag containing two of his bank cards and personal documents from the 38-year-old and fled.
During investigations by members of the Police, two persons who resembled the description of the perpetrators, were found shortly before 4.30 in the morning, in an area of Limassol, riding a motorcycle, which did not have registration plates. At the sight of the police, the two suspects tried to flee driving the motorcycle, but after losing control of it, they fell on the roadway. The two abandoned the motorcycle at the scene and fled on foot, but officers intercepted one of the suspects.
Tests later revealed that he was a 19-year-old. A mobile phone was found in his possession, the origin of which he did not give satisfactory explanations, resulting in his arrest for the offence of illegal possession of property. After subsequent examinations raised suspicions against the 19-year-old in connection with the commission of the robberies under investigation, a court warrant was issued for his arrest, under which he was arrested and detained.
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Filenews
Police are investigating a case of attempted murder in connection with the explosion that occurred on June 22 at a café in Nicosia.
Two more suspects, a 35-year-old man and a woman, were arrested yesterday in the case, with the third suspect, a 44-year-old man, who was arrested and detained on June 23, remaining in custody after a new court order was issued yesterday to detain him for the purposes of investigating the case.
The explosion in the cafeteria occurred around 4.40 in the morning, on June 22, 2024, resulting in extensive damage to the side entrance of the premises. 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.
At the time the homemade bomb exploded, persons were working on the premises.
The ICF Nicosia continues the examinations.
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Cyprus Police
During a campaign carried out yesterday, Tuesday, 07/02/2024, by members of the Nicosia Police Department, a total of 209 fine warrants were executed, from which the sum of €101,582.56 was collected. From the beginning of the year until today, 8,328 fine warrants were executed by the Nicosia Police Department, from which the sum of €1,962,164.97 was collected. The warrants executed concern various categories of debts such as for traffic and criminal offences, debts to social security and town halls, as well as alimony and private criminal cases.
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Filenews
The Police proceeded with the arrest of eight persons, based on court orders, who were detained, in relation to the incidents that took place between persons of two groups in Limassol on the evening of June 27, 2024.
These are five persons who were arrested on 30/6/2024, as well as three other persons who were arrested yesterday.
It is noted that two persons were injured during the incidents, who were taken to a private hospital where they were given first aid and detained for treatment.
According to the facts, last Thursday, there was a fierce fight between 50 people in the area of Omonoia in Limassol, resulting in two of them ending up at Limassol General Hospital with minor injuries.
The fight occurred shortly after 9 p.m. when, for an unknown reason, members of two Syrian families argued with each other. In addition to injuries, 6 vehicles were damaged.
The ICF Limassol continues the examinations. Another 13 people are wanted in connection with the incident.
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The 26-year-old man who was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital, who is alleged to be the perpetrator of the attempted murder committed on Tuesday in Strovolos against a 27-year-old foreign domestic worker, lost the battle for his life.
It is recalled that the also foreign perpetrator, after breaking into a house, stabbed the woman and then injured himself in various parts of his body.
From the first moment, the 26-year-old's health condition was judged by the attending doctors to be extremely critical, since he had injured himself with a knife following the criminal act he committed against the woman, with whom he reportedly had an affair until recently.
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An incident took place on Tuesday night in Limassol, resulting in the injury of a 50-year-old man.
At around 9 p.m., a 47-year-old man and his three sons attacked his ex-wife's partner with a bat and another implement.
Police officers who rushed to the scene found and picked up a bat and another implement while the 50-year-old suffered a fractured nasal bone and head injuries in the attack.
Police handcuffed the 47-year-old.
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The Prison Department announced on Tuesday that a mobile phone and drugs were found in cells after a new search carried out by members of its staff inside the ward, adding that all the items found were confiscated and handed over to the police for further investigation and clarification of the case.
As mentioned, the Directorate of the Department of Prisons, in the context of its policy to combat organized crime and corruption within the penitentiary, has taken a series of measures, which seem to be paying off as a result.
"The readiness and responsiveness of prison guards to their particular duties, as well as their compliance with the new measures and instructions of the Directorate, are remarkable and confirm the commitment of the Department Directorate to society to maintain security and order in prisons. The efforts are continuous and intensive," the statement concluded.
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The Permanent Assize Court of Limassol imposed a 9-year prison sentence on a 43-year-old man from Brazil, after admitting to the offences of importing and possessing, with the aim of supplying to other persons, a quantity of 8 kilos of drugs.
The defendant was an important link in the drug chain, having the role of trafficker of quantities of cannabis on the basis of a well-thought-out plan aimed at channelling drugs to users in Cyprus.
The 43-year-old defendant admitted that on October 4, 2023, he imported into Cyprus from Greece a quantity of 8kg of cannabis with a view to supplying to other persons. He also admitted to possessing and sending to various persons in Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain the sum of €46,000 which constituted proceeds from illegal activities and specifically from the import, possession and supply of drugs.
In its decision, the Limassol Permanent Assize Court took into account as mitigating factors the 43-year-old's admission to the Court and the Police, as well as his clean criminal record. The Assize Court imposed concurrent sentences of 9 years on the two serious charges, namely importation and possession with intent to supply drugs to other persons and a sentence of 3 years on the charge of money laundering. The 43-year-old's defence lawyer, Evangelia Lazaridou, acknowledged the seriousness of the offences her client is facing, saying that the 8kg package in question would be received on behalf of third parties, for a fee.
According to the facts of the case, on October 5, 2023, information was received that a parcel had been imported into a courier company bearing the name of the accused. The package was marked as containing clothing but in which there were narcotics.
Members of YKAN went to the company's warehouse and in a search of the package, they found in a carton, 7 packages containing a total of 8 kilos of cannabis. The package was then delivered outside the apartment building where the 43-year-old recipient lived. The latter, after receiving the drugs, was then handcuffed.
The examinations carried out revealed that the defendant rented an apartment from January 2023 from another person for the amount of €1,700 per month, which he paid him in cash. According to the facts, which were admitted by both sides, it was established with the same details of sender and recipient that 9 more packages arrived in Cyprus, 8 of which had been delivered, however, it was not established whether or not they contained narcotic substances.
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in-cyprus
A 57-year-old resident of Larnaca was arrested on Tuesday evening for starting a fire in dry grass near Pareklisia, Limassol, police said.
An officer spotted the fire at around 6:20 am on Tuesday and extinguished it with the assistance of a passing concrete mixer truck carrying water. The fire consumed approximately 10 square metres of dry grass.
Following an investigation, officers identified the suspect and secured a court warrant for his arrest.
The 57-year-old was arrested later that evening and remanded in custody to facilitate further inquiries.
The Moni Police Station continues to investigate the incident.
