Pafos Live 8 October 2024
The Police and the Department of Customs, in the context of their cooperation and coordinated actions to identify persons importing drugs into the Republic, proceeded to the seizure of a quantity of cannabis, gross weight of one kilogram and approximately 112 grams, found in a parcel arriving from abroad. In the case of drug importation and trafficking, a 27-year-old Syrian man was arrested and detained for police examinations.
Specifically, at around 1.45 yesterday afternoon, at a post office in Paphos, members of the Anti-Narcotics Service proceeded to arrest the 27-year-old suspect, who had just received from the premises, a postal parcel, containing two packages, with a quantity of cannabis, total gross weight, one kilogram and approximately 112 grams. The 27-year-old had presented himself at the premises as the recipient of the parcel.
The parcel with the quantity of drugs was imported into Cyprus last Friday, 04 October, on a flight that arrived at Larnaka airport, from abroad. It was located in cooperation with the Customs Authorities, who checked the postal parcel and then, with the detection of drugs, handed it over to the Police for further investigation of the case.
The 27-year-old Syrian is expected to be brought before the Paphos court for a detention order.
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The Permanent Assize Court of Famagusta yesterday imposed a six-year prison sentence on a 24-year-old man, whom it found guilty after hearing a case of possession of drugs with the intention of supplying to another person. The case concerned possession of a quantity of cannabis weighing three kilograms and 156 grams.
The quantity of cannabis was detected after a check made by the Customs Authorities in September, 2023, on a postal package that arrived from abroad at a post office in the Famagusta district. Subsequently, the Police were informed for the purpose of investigating the case.
On September 5, a 19-year-old woman presented herself at the post office as the recipient of the parcel. After receiving it, she was arrested by members of the Police and specifically, by members of the Anti-Narcotics Service – YKAN. The 19-year-old had arrived at the scene in a taxi vehicle, in which the 24-year-old was also a passenger, who on the same day, was also arrested by members of the Police, in connection with the drug trafficking case.
Laboratory tests performed on the quantity of cannabis, found that it was net weight of three kilograms and 156 grams.
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Police arrested three people in the context of an investigation into a number of cases of burglary and theft committed recently in Nicosia. The three suspects, two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old, were taken into custody, with the Nicosia ICF investigating.
Evidence emerged against the three suspects during the investigation of cases of burglary and theft, committed in a supermarket and fruit shop, located in the area of Aglantzia. Judicial arrest warrants were issued against them, under which the 16-year-old and one 17-year-old were arrested on Sunday afternoon. This morning, they were brought before the Nicosia District Court, which issued eight days' detention orders for police examinations.
Later today, also pursuant to a court arrest warrant, a third suspect was arrested by members of the police and detained. In addition to the cases of burglary of the supermarket and the fruit shop, three other cases of burglary and theft committed in three other shops are being investigated against him, namely, a café, another fruit shop and a souvenir shop.
According to the evidence under examination, the first burglary was committed on June 08, at a café in the Lakatamia area. Money, products, as well as a tablet-type laptop computer were allegedly stolen from the premises. This was followed in the evening between August 15 and 16, by the burglary at a fruit shop in the area of Agios Dometios, from where a sum of money was allegedly stolen, as well as food.
The second burglary of a fruit shop, in the area of Aglantzia, was committed in the evening between 05 and 06 October, while it was preceded in the evening between 24 and 25 September, by the burglary of a supermarket, also in the area of Aglantzia. According to the complaints submitted to the police, tobacco products were stolen from the supermarket, while money, telephone cards, as well as tobacco products were stolen from the fruit shop.
The burglary at the souvenir shop, according to the complaint filed with the Police, was committed in the evening between 03 and 04 October. From the store, which is located in the "Laiki Geitonia" area, in Nicosia, a sum of money and merchandise were stolen.
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Police have arrested two people in connection with a racist attack on foreign food distributors in Kato Polemidia. Headquarters spokesman Christos Andreou told state radio that two more arrest warrants had been issued after they were identified. They are two of ten suspects whose details have been released to identify them in connection with the case.
In total, police have identified 4 of the 10. The incident, according to the complaint, occurred on October 5 shortly before midnight on Melina Mercouri Street in Kato Polemidia, near the intersection of traffic lights and Paphos Street. 15 youths were reportedly attacked and robbed by two foreigners and then fled.
The two foreigners went to the Limassol General Hospital where they received medical treatment, while members of the ICF Limassol went there where they located the two victims of the attack. The two persons were on their way to their home when they were attacked by 15 young people, who after attacking them, stole the amount of €300 and a mobile phone of unknown value.
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Members of the Police in Famagusta district arrested two people yesterday in the context of investigating cases of theft and illegal possession of property. These are two men, aged 29 and 31, in whose possession a number of items of jewellery and watches were found, which are being investigated if they are stolen property, while a case of theft of money from a store in Famagusta district is also being investigated against them.
The two suspects were found by a member of the Xylofagou Police Station shortly after noon on Monday, during an investigation into a theft case, which had been reported a few minutes earlier at the Xylofagou Police Station, by an 84-year-old woman who owns a shop.
According to what the 84-year-old had reported, shortly before noon on Monday, two men, whose description the 84-year-old mentioned, stole the amount of €180 from the cash register of her store, located in Xylofagou.
During the investigations following the 84-year-old's complaint, the member of the Xylofagou Police Station spotted the 29-year-old and 31-year-old moving in a vehicle in the area and stopped them for checking, since they resembled the description of the two suspects.
During the check, the member of the Police found in a bag in the possession of the 31-year-old, the amount of €180, as well as a number of items of jewellery, such as bracelets, earrings, and watches, which were labelled and suspected of being stolen property.
After the 31-year-old did not give satisfactory explanations for the possession of the found, he was arrested by the member of the Police for the offense of illegal possession of property and was transferred to the Xylofagou Police Station. The 29-year-old was also called to the police station for further tests.
The 84-year-old woman was already at the police station, who immediately identified the 29-year-old and 31-year-old as the two suspects who had earlier stolen the money from her store. Court warrants were issued against them, under which they were arrested and detained for the purpose of police examinations.
The Xylofagou Police Station is investigating.
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The preliminary objection raised by the lawyer of the German woman, who is accused of usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas, was rejected.
The Permanent Assize Court of Nicosia ruled as vague the speculations raised by the 49-year-old defendant's lawyer that no court in the Republic can try her impartially.
In its judgment, the Assize Court cited the ECtHR which had ruled that vague issues of impartiality of the courts raised may be classified as abusive.
"The supreme duty of the Courts," the Assize Court said, "is to protect the constitutional rights of citizens in the Republic. It is the duty of the courts to administer justice without fear and without passion. The preliminary objection that the Court will not have impartiality cannot be accepted," the Assize Court said.
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A 29-year-old man was located on Monday afternoon and arrested by members of the Police, pursuant to a court warrant, who was wanted in connection with an investigated case of attempted murder, committed last Saturday, 05 October, in Nicosia and specifically at the TAEP of Nicosia General Hospital. The case is being investigated by the ICF of Nicosia.
According to the evidence under investigation, at around 6.40 am on Saturday, while the 29-year-old was in the Immediate and Emergency Department of Nicosia General Hospital, he allegedly threatened and attacked two nurses and a doctor, while allegedly pointing a knife and attempting to injure in the neck a person who was waiting in the area of TAEP.
A case of committing the offences is being investigated against the 29-year-old, 1. Attempted murder, 2. Acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, 3. Threat, 4. Assault causing actual bodily harm, 5. Possession and transport of an offensive instrument, 6. Joint attack, and 7. Stabbing.
