CRIME ROUND UP

 Pafos Live 25 November 2024

A person is wanted by the Police after the owner of a commercial company complained about the theft of a sum of money and a cheque by his employee, in Paphos.

According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, the case was reported on Saturday to the Paphos Crime Detection Department by a 43-year-old man who reported that an employee of a commercial company, who was working as a distributor on October 25, allegedly stole the company's proceeds, as well as a cheque.

Specifically, on October 25, the suspect was assigned to deliver some of the company's products to customers and collect a certain amount of money. That same day in the afternoon, according to the complaint, the suspect returned to the company, handed over the vehicle and left without handing over the proceeds.

Further on November 20, 2024, the suspect allegedly tried to cash the cheque unsuccessfully, Nicolaou said. An arrest warrant has been issued against him and he is wanted.

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Police arrested a 34-year-old man yesterday to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of theft from a holiday home.

According to the Pafos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on September 21, a 37-year-old man reported to the Kouklia police station that the previous night the water heater was stolen from the roof of his country house in a village in the Paphos district.

Further examinations carried out by the police, Nicolaou said, secured testimony against a 34-year-old Paphos resident. An arrest warrant was issued against him and he was subsequently arrested on Sunday afternoon and taken into custody.

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The Police continued yesterday the actions to identify third-country nationals residing illegally in Cyprus, with a coordinated nationwide police control operation.

During yesterday's control operation, the members of the Police proceeded to the arrest of 24 persons of various nationalities, who have been found to remain illegally on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. They were detained, with the Police already proceeding with the procedures for their immediate repatriation, in cooperation with other competent authorities.

Yesterday's operation began at 4.00 am and ended around 12.00 noon on Sunday. It was attended by members of the Aliens and Immigration Service – YAM, as well as members of the Green Line Surveillance and Migration Flow Response Subdivision.

The Police, last week, proceeded to the arrest of 63 third-country nationals, who remained illegally on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, while during the same period, they proceeded to the repatriation of 173 third-country nationals.

Since the beginning of the year, a total of 8,806 persons residing illegally in Cyprus have been repatriated through the repatriation procedures of persons residing illegally in Cyprus. The efforts of the Police to locate and repatriate persons residing illegally in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus continue daily.

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A large quantity of drugs was found by members of the Anti-Narcotics Service – YKAN, after receiving and investigating relevant information. This is a quantity of cocaine with a gross weight of 30 kg, which was found in hand luggage in a container.

The bag was found on November 13, in a container imported from abroad. After receiving the information, members of the YKAN seized the large quantity of cocaine.

Update - Filenews:

Police investigations are ongoing into the large quantity of drugs found in hand luggage in a container imported from abroad.

Specifically, members of the Anti-Narcotics Administration – YKAN, after receiving and investigating relevant information, located the hand luggage on November 13, which contained a quantity of cocaine with a gross weight of 30 kg.

According to Filenews information from police sources, the ship stopped at various ports en route to Larnaka. What investigators consider to be the prevailing scenario is that the drugs were destined for another country, since they are a huge quantity for the Cyprus market.

It is estimated that the quantity placed in the ship's cargo may have been greater and that this bag with 30 kilos of cocaine was mistaken and not noticed.

From the outset, Europol and Interpol were informed, as well as the authorities of other countries that started investigations.                                                                                                                                                                                                      * * * * * *