Pafos Press 4 November 2024
According to the Assistant Police Director of Operations of Paphos Michalis Nikolaou on 2.11.24 around 17:00 a 33-year-old man reported to the Police that around 04:00 in the morning he had gone to a parking lot where his machines were parked as a contractor.
There, said Mr.Nikolaou and according to the complaint he met a person he knows and this is a 27-year-old resident of Paphos who was wearing a glove and holding a vehicle battery which, as it was later established, came from his machines.
When the suspect realized the presence of the complainant, he left the accumulator on the ground and pulled out a knife which he pointed at him and threatened him with various phrases before taking the accumulator again and running away.
The complainant followed him and realized that in a field behind the scene of the crime there was a car and a motorcycle with three more persons wearing hoods and there were allegedly other stolen items at the scene.
Then they all left the place. As it was established, he told the KYPE, Mr. Nikolaou had stolen a total of 9 accumulators worth €1350, oil from the machines worth €300 and damage of €1800 was caused.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 27-year-old and he is wanted and investigations are being carried out against the other persons who accompanied him.
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Filenews
Police in Famagusta district arrested three people last night to facilitate investigations into cases of attempted robbery and theft.
They are an 18-year-old and two 15-year-olds, who were arrested on court warrants a few hours after the offences were committed.
According to the Police Communication Branch, "the case of attempted robbery was reported last night by a 27-year-old man. According to the complainant, around 11:20 p.m. yesterday, while walking on a street in Ayia Napa, he was approached by three unknown persons."
"At knifepoint, the strangers allegedly asked the 27-year-old to give them his phone number and money. The complainant gave his phone to the attackers, but when he showed them he had no money, they returned the phone to the 27-year-old and drove away," it said.
"Around 1:30 a.m. Today, members of the Police, who were conducting a motorized patrol, located in the area where the above incident occurred, three persons, who stopped for inspection. After it was found that the three were not in possession of any documents, for verification of their identity, they were taken to a Police Station for further examinations."
As it was later found, "they are an 18-year-old and two 15-year-olds, while the continuation of interrogations secured testimony against them in the case of attempted robbery."
At the same time, "against the three persons, testimony was also obtained in the context of the investigation of a case of theft of two bicycles, from a bicycle rental agency, in Ayia Napa, in the early morning of November 2, 2024".
Judicial arrest warrants were issued against the three individuals under which they were arrested and detained to facilitate interrogations.
The Famagusta ICF and the Ayia Napa Police Station continue the examinations.
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According to information, at about 2:10 in the morning, unknown persons set fire to a kiosk in the area of Mouttayiaka.
The fire was extinguished by the owner and his relatives before the arrival of the Fire Brigade.
On-site examinations revealed that the fire was deliberately caused, as traces of flammable material were found at the site.
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The case of the discovery of weapons and the arrests made by the police in Pafos since the end of last week is taking on increasingly serious dimensions. Now, according to "F" information, the authorities are convinced that they prevented serious crimes and managed to dismantle a ring operating in the field of organized crime.
Police believe the arrest of a 41-year-old man, who has already been in eight-day detention, as well as a 33-year-old man who is serving a prison sentence for similar cases. Police are also seeking a third person aged 29, with all those involved suspected of offences of conspiracy to commit a felony, unlawful possession and transport of a firearm and explosives.
The thread of the case began to unravel on Saturday afternoon. The Pafos Police had under discreet surveillance a car which did not have registration plates and which was hidden in a deserted area with dense vegetation near Konia. The information of the authorities spoke of the use of the suspect vehicle in a criminal act.
Late on Saturday night, two men approached the monitored vehicle, one of whom attempted to start it. He was immediately stopped by the members of the Police who were watching the scene, while the second who had remained in a long distance managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness and dense vegetation. The arrested man is a 41-year-old man from the Paphos district and was in possession of a knife of a prohibited type. The suspect who escaped was identified by police members as a 29-year-old man from the Limassol district.
During the searches carried out in the area, with the help of the Detection Dogs Branch of the Pafos district, a loaded pistol, a container with flammable material, a hood and a pair of gloves were located and received as evidence. Another firearm cartridge and a shell casing were also found in the vehicle.
Against both persons as well as another 33-year-old person from Paphos, who is serving a prison sentence in the Central Prison, testimony was obtained for participation in the case under investigation. The 29-year-old is still wanted, the 41-year-old was taken to the Pafos District Court which secured a detention order against him for a period of 8 days, while the 33-year-old convict was re-arrested and interrogated inside the Central Prison.
Investigations continue at an intensive pace and the Police assess, based on the evidence and testimonies now in their possession, that they have prevented planned criminal acts.
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Four vehicles parked in an area of Polemidia were reduced to ashes at dawn with authorities searching for the cause.
According to the Police, today around 04:15 a fire broke out in four cars, which were completely destroyed while parked and immobilized in an open area on Patriarchou Fotiou Street in Polemidia.
The scene was visited by the Limassol Police Director, BADE (E), the person in charge and members of the Limassol ICF, as well as the supervisor and patrol car of OULAE Limassol and members of the Polemidia police station and conducted on-site examinations and investigations. The scene was also visited by an officer and members of the Fire Brigade, who extinguished the fire, while the area was cordoned off and placed under guard.
From the examinations carried out, it was found that the cars were immobilized due to mechanical problems and had been moved to the open space by the car mechanics.
All four cars were completely destroyed by the fire, while the total amount of damage at this stage is unknown. Also, it remains unknown whether there is insurance coverage.
The cause of the fire is expected to be ascertained by further examinations that will be carried out at first light of day.
The ICF Limassol continues the examinations.
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Another unprecedented case is recorded at the Limassol District Court. Protagonist convict found in possession of a bag of drugs.
As Filenews learns, this particular convict was transferred today to the Limassol District Court where a criminal case is pending against him.
After being guarded by a member of the Police outside the courtroom and specifically into the corridor, there he met his elderly mother. The latter allegedly handed him a bag of drugs.
The convict, before entering the courtroom, was searched by the member of the Police where he located the bag of drugs.
Subsequently, the Limassol YKAN was notified, members of which immediately rushed to the Court. The woman is expected to be taken to the offices for questioning.
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Cyprus Mail
Five people were fined by the Turkish Cypriot police after attempting to cross from the Republic to the north at the Ledra Palace crossing point in Nicosia with combined total of 58 kilograms of meat in their possession.
In the first instance, a total of 26kg of meat was found in bags being carried across the Green Line by three women, aged 66, 62, and 55 years old.
Later, a 43-year-old woman was found to have a total of 21kg of meat on her person, while a 75-year-old man was found to be attempting to carry 11kg of meat to the north at the crossing point.
All five people were issued fines by the north’s customs department, and the police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.
The subject of meat has been a hot topic in the north all year, with farmers having spent a week protesting outside ‘government’ buildings at the end of May against plans to import meat from abroad with the aim of driving down prices.
Meat is markedly more expensive in the north than in the Republic, with the prices of many other products in the north now exceeding their equivalents in the Republic.
Because of this, numerous individuals have been caught by police on both sides of the island attempting to smuggle cheaper meat into the north, leading to a large number of arrests and fines.
The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel had expressed concern that Turkish Cypriots were buying “meat of unknown origin from southern Cyprus”, and that instead, the north would begin importing meat which complies with “EU standards”.
Previously, butchers had slaughtered two lambs in protest against their loss of custom, and demanded that the north’s ‘government’ “find a solution” to allow meat to be sold at a price range in line with prices in the Republic.
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Pafos Live
The Paphos Police prevented planned criminal acts with the arrest of a 41-year-old man, who is in eight-day detention, and a 33-year-old man who is serving a prison sentence, while a third person aged 29 is still wanted in the case, according to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations Michalis Nicolaou.
The offences they face are conspiracy to commit a felony, unlawful possession and transport of a firearm and explosives.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on Saturday afternoon, the Pafos Police placed under discreet surveillance a car that did not have registration plates and which was hidden in a deserted area of the community of Konia, which was surrounded by dense vegetation.
Based on information, it was expected that the car would be picked up by a specific person and used to commit criminal acts using a firearm and flammable material, it said.
According to him, shortly before 23:00 on Saturday night, two men approached the area, one of whom approached the car and expressed intention to pick it up. He was immediately stopped by the members of the Police who were watching the scene, while the second who had remained in a long distance managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness and the difficult morphology of the area.
It was found that the suspect who was stopped, Mr. Nicolaou continued, is a 41-year-old man from the Paphos district and was in possession of a knife of a prohibited type, so he was arrested spontaneously for stabbing.
The suspect who escaped was identified by police members as a 29-year-old man from the Limassol district, he added.
Mr. Nicolaou went on to say that during the searches carried out in the area, mainly during the escape route of the 29-year-old by members of the Police, with the help of the Detection Dogs Branch of the Pafos district, a loaded pistol, a block with flammable material, a hood and a pair of gloves were located and received as evidence.
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