Pafos Live 14 February 2025
A coordinated operation to collect fine warrants in the city and district of Pafos was carried out yesterday by members of the Pafos police.
According to Paphos Assistant Police Director Michalis Nicolaou, 142 warrants were executed and a sum of €35,195 was collected.
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Police arrested three men, aged 58, 57 and 44, yesterday as part of an investigation into a case involving forgery of employment contracts of two players, which had been submitted to the Cyprus Football Federation.
The above persons were arrested today on the basis of court warrants and brought before the Famagusta District Court, which issued an eight-day detention order.
The offences under investigation include:
Conspiracy to commit a felony
Conspiracy to defraud
Drawing up a false document
Circulation of a forged document
Securing registration with false representations.
According to the data under examination, the above offences appear to have been committed between July 2024 until today, in the districts of Famagusta and Nicosia.
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Two complaints were made on Thursday night by owners of an equal number of vehicles for theft.
In the first case the complaint concerns a vehicle stolen in the area of Agapinoros Street and in the second case for theft of a vehicle from the center of Paphos.
Police are investigating whether the vehicles stolen were used to commit criminal acts, such as burglaries or thefts, or whether they were anti-social activities by young people.
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Members of the YKAN, following an assessment of information on drug trafficking, carried out checks yesterday in an area of Nicosia, checks on two vehicles, as well as searches on two houses, in Nicosia and Larnaca.
During searches and searches of the homes, significant quantities of narcotics, money and other evidence were found and confiscated, while four arrests were made, three men and one woman.
Specifically, in an audit carried out:
- In the vehicle of a 25-year-old driver: A quantity of cannabis weighing 3 kg and 228 grams, a sum of money and other evidence were found and seized, while in a search conducted at his home in Larnaca, a quantity of cannabis, weighing 1 kg and 614 grams, was found.
- In the vehicle of a 27-year-old driver: Three mobile phones and a metal crusher with traces of cannabis were found.
This was followed by a search of the 27-year-old's home in Nicosia, where:
- A 35-year-old man was spotted exiting the main entrance, holding a box. In a check carried out on the box, a quantity of cannabis weighing 3 kg and 832 grams was found, as well as a sum of money amounting to €16,700.
- During the search of the house, which took place in the presence of a 28-year-old woman, the following were found:
- Amount of cannabis weighing 37 grams,
- Two metal crushers with traces of cannabis,
- A half-smoked cigarette containing cannabis,
- Three mobile phones
- Amount of cash.
The four arrested are expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court today for a detention order.
The YKAN (Nicosia Unit) continues the examinations.
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Even court proceedings were reportedly postponed by the group of "80" controlled by the police on suspicion of criminal activity, based on their theory... affiliation to the American flag.
According to information available to the Police, in October 2023 dozens of persons appeared in threatening moods at the Limassol District Court, where court proceedings were to take place with an accused, who is alleged to be a member of the said group.
According to official police reports, 30 to 40 persons, who were green in green attire, went to the Court, made a riot and "provocatively reported aloud" that they do not recognize the Republic of Cyprus, its institutions and the Courts. As a result, the court proceedings were postponed for the next day. Specifically, the court proceedings were set for 2/10/2023 and finally after this episode it was postponed to 3/10/2023.
All the above are recorded in an official letter, which was sent by the Limassol District Police Directorate (ADE) on December 5, 2024 to the Police Headquarters.
The action of these individuals who, as they claim, fall under the American flag, do not recognize the Republic and identify themselves as entities and not natural persons, using military terminology, began to be felt from 2023.
As we noted in our reports, they acted as protectors of people with problematic loan agreements and sent letters to official bodies, stating that they did not recognize them, while at the same time revealing threatening moods. According to our report yesterday, this group sent letters to companies managing problematic loans. Through the correspondence, they cited international agreements, U.S. law enforcement and other miscellaneous to tell the companies that they do not recognize their actions in servicing loans as legitimate.
Even the Commission for the Protection of Competition received such a threat, as revealed yesterday by "F". Executives of the Association of Cyprus Banks (CCT) had identical experience. According to the evidence submitted to the ICF Headquarters, the Association received letters from this group and informed the Police. This is because the CCB considered that there may be a potential risk for members and staff of the Hellenic Bank Association. A number of letters were reportedly sent by this group between 2023 and 2024 and to a company that handles electronic auctions.
As for the content of these documents, the following letter extract is indicative: "(...) I therefore order that you immediately cease hostile actions and tactics against me, including the illegal conduct of an electronic auction. If these actions continue, the result will be your arrest and detention in a military court under the law of war and the international military treaty of '16, to which Cyprus is a signatory.
On another occasion, a member of the group in question reportedly told a person: "Let me talk to the group and talk to each other." One of the testimonies that reached the police shows another person who embraced the philosophy of belonging to the American flag telling a third person that "in a few weeks everything will be over, 12,000 commandos will intervene". He said he was part of "a committee that judges politicians" and that they would make arrests and take those arrested to The Hague Tribunal.
All of this may be described as ludicrous, but it was causing concern among executives of loan servicing companies, agencies and other services. That is why some of the recipients of these letters informed the police as a precaution.
Most of the documents of this organization were countersigned by the 62-year-old arrested F.S. and the 45-year-old wanted K.P. (initialled on stamp and fingerprint). We remind you that a 43-year-old woman who is allegedly related to the aforementioned organization is also in custody.
The offences investigated against them are those of conspiracy to commit a Felony (punishable by up to seven years in prison), conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, possession of a plaque or instrument used for the manufacture of seals presented as official seals in the Republic (up to one year and a fine), publication of false news that may undermine public order or public confidence in the State or organs (up to two years), impersonation by a public official (imprisonment for three years), participation in and acceptance of crimes (up to ten years or with a fine of up to 50,000 euros), participation in a criminal organisation (subject to imprisonment for three years), threat (subject to imprisonment not exceeding three years), misuse of authority and drawing up and circulating a false document (general forgery subject to imprisonment for three years).
