Filenews 25 January 2025
The arrest of a 51-year-old man, who arrived in Cyprus from Thailand via the United Arab Emirates, proceeded to the members of the Anti-Narcotics Service at Larnaka airport after 22 kilos of cannabis were found in his luggage.
In a post on X, the Communication Branch of the Police states that "in the context of actions carried out by YKAN in cooperation with the Customs Authorities, following an evaluation of information received from Customs, a 51-year-old man who arrived at Larnaka airport was stopped for inspection".
"Approximately 22kg of gross cannabis weight was found in his baggage."
In a statement on the matter, the Department of Customs and Excise said that he was a 51-year-old passenger with British citizenship, who arrived in Cyprus from Thailand via the United Arab Emirates.
The passenger was arrested for flagrant offences and the drugs were confiscated by the officers of the Customs and Excise Department.
Later, both the passenger and the drugs were handed over to Larnaka Airport YKAN for further investigation of the case.
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Pafos Press 26 January 2025
The cunning thieves, burglars, and other swindlers seem to have literally no God of their own and to count on nothing and no one.
There is no other explanation for why last night, taking advantage of the darkness, they visited the "Trapezha" bakery in Agia Marina Chrysochous and removed fuel, specifically oil, in excess of 500 liters from the fuel tank with which the business essentially operates.
The owner a few hours before refuelled his business so he could work, and this morning when he went to operate the oven, he found, to his surprise, that the tank had completely emptied.
It is of course questionable how the thieves acted, since even if they used 50-liter water bottles, it certainly took more than 10 to empty the tank, while it certainly took a long time to put their illegal plans into practice.
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Filenews
Members of the Police handcuffed a foreign man after counterfeit banknotes were found in his possession.
According to the police, yesterday members of the Force found a 60-year-old Jewish man in possession of 22 counterfeit 100 US dollar notes, leading to his arrest.
The case is in the process of being held in custody.
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Police arrested a 24-year-old man last night to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of attempted murder. The attempt was committed on January 9, 2025, in the district of Larnaka, with a 30-year-old victim.
The 24-year-old Syrian was arrested under a court warrant pending against him. In order to locate him, the Police had published his photo and personal details on January 15, 2025.
As far as the case is concerned, according to the evidence under examination, around 2 p.m. on January 9, the 30-year-old went to an area of the village of Kornos, in order to meet with unknown persons, to buy and sell a car. There he was approached by a vehicle, from which four men exited, two of whom were allegedly in possession of a pistol.
The 30-year-old started his car to flee and in this attempt, he received a number of shots resulting in injuries to his arm and shoulder blade.
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Police were alerted after shots were fired at a Greek Cypriot residence in Limassol.
The incident took place shortly after 5 a.m. today, with the perpetrator firing a number of shots at the house of a 52-year-old Greek Cypriot, which is located in the area of Agios Nikolaos.
After the shooting, police rushed to the scene, members of which proceeded to on-site investigations and examinations in the area. It was found that the perpetrator used a pistol while evidence such as shell casings was received from the scene, which are expected to be sent for scientific examinations. Under the microscope of the authorities, various closed-circuit surveillance systems of the area have been put forward for study, which seem to have recorded the movements of the perpetrator.
The same information states that the complainant, a 52-year-old owner of the house, is a person who has engaged the authorities in various cases.
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Not one, not two, but 148 boxes of 200 cigarettes two persons with British Citizenship had in their luggage, which were found at Larnaka airport.
According to the information available, officers of the Customs Department at Larnaka airport, proceeded to check the luggage of the two passengers and located the boxes with cigarettes which did not bear the marking for the harmful of smoking in Greek and Turkish, nor the security feature and the unique traceability code, indications that they were duty-free.
They are a 65-year-old man and a 43-year-old man with British citizenship, who were due to depart from Larnaca for the United Kingdom.
The tobacco products were confiscated and the passengers were arrested for flagrant offences. The amount of €7,000 was paid for the out-of-court settlement of the offences.
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Two persons, aged 22 and 23, were arrested yesterday to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of burglary and theft at a house in Limassol.
The two arrested were located around 10 a.m. yesterday, by a 58-year-old man, inside his home in Limassol. The Police were informed, members of which immediately went to the scene. In the possession of the 22-year-old and 23-year-old, a suitcase was found containing various items, which are believed to have been stolen from the 58-year-old's home.
Judicial arrest warrants were issued against them, under which they were arrested and detained, to facilitate interrogations.
This morning the two arrested appeared before the Limassol District Court, which issued a detention order for a period of five days.
The ICF Limassol is investigating the case.
