Pafos Live 15 May 2025
A new large quantity of cannabis was detected by the police who proceeded to arrest a 35-year-old Greek Cypriot resident of Embas.
Members of the anti-drug service, evaluating relevant information, put the 35-year-old's vehicle under surveillance, which they finally stopped around 5.30 p.m. on a road within the community.
During a search inside the vehicle, ten kilograms of cannabis and half a gram of cocaine were found. A search of his residence and premises followed, where another two and a half kilos of cannabis were found. A total of 12 kilograms and 552 grams of cannabis and half a gram of cocaine were found. The 35-year-old was arrested.
For €100 per kilo, the 35-year-old resident of Emba who was arrested in a YKAN operation yesterday late afternoon in the community where he lives undertook the storage of drugs.
As the examiner of the case reported to the court, where he requested and secured a decree of detention for a period of eight days, the 35-year-old allegedly admitted that he undertook the storage of the drugs supplied to him by persons he does not name for €100 for each kilo.
During the operation, 12 kilograms and 552 grams of cannabis and half a gram of cocaine were found in his possession.
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Filenews
An alarm was sounded to the Police, when a 17-year-old ended up in the hospital. According to the complaint, the minor was attacked by two people, who insulted him for his sexual orientation and beat him.
The first information indicates that a case of assault against a 17-year-old is being investigated by the Nicosia TAE.
Around midnight, while the 17-year-old was walking on a street in the Nicosia district, he was approached by two people who, after insulting him, beat him in various parts of his body.
The 17-year-old visited the Nicosia General Hospital, where he was found to have swelling on his face and redness in his nose.
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At the police station, in order to give explanations, eight persons who were found in a house were engaged in an illegal horse racing bet.
According to the first information of the Police, an operation was carried out in the context of an investigation of information for the conduct of an illegal horse racing bet.
A search was carried out in the house of a 57-year-old man, in a village in Nicosia. Various documents were seized, which are believed to be related to the illegal acceptance of horse racing bets by telephone.
Eight persons were found in the house, along with the 57-year-old, who went to a Police Station for testimony.
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The Fire Service and the Police were mobilized after a fire broke out in a school in Nicosia this morning.
Specifically, around 6.15 on Thursday morning, information was received about a fire in a Lyceum in the Nicosia district.
Members of the Police went to the scene, where it was found that there was a small fire in the office of the Principal of the school, which was extinguished on its own. From the preliminary examinations it appears that the fire was maliciously set.
The Nicosia TAE continues the exams.
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The 20-year-old was sentenced to four months in prison today, who was caught yesterday committing obscene acts outside a University in Nicosia.
The young man was arrested yesterday by members of the Nicosia Central Police Station after a complaint that he was seen masturbating in an open space outside a private university. Members of the Force rushed to the scene, handcuffing him for the offense of indecent act in a public place.
In fact, the young man was taken before a specialist psychiatrist who, after an examination, decided that he did not need hospitalization.
Today the 20-year-old was brought before the Nicosia District Court which sentenced him to four months in prison which he will serve immediately.
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It was reported to the Police around 8 a.m. today by a 64-year-old secretary, a resident of Limassol, that during the morning hours, unknown persons fired shots at her vehicle, which was parked in an open parking lot within the yard of her house.
Members of the Police went to the scene where, during the examinations, it was found that shots were fired at her vehicle. Firearm damage was also found on the wooden fence and on a metal railing.
Various documents for scientific examinations were received from the scene, while the Limassol TAE continues the examinations.
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A 26-year-old woman from Greece was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Permanent Assize Court of Larnaca, who was arrested last March at the airport when almost 40 kilograms of cannabis were found in her luggage.
The young woman was found guilty after admitting to charges related to the importation of drugs for the purpose of supplying to other people. The young woman had arrived on March 30 at Larnaca airport. Her two pieces of luggage were checked by the Customs Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as soon as she arrived from Thailand, via Doha. In them, 2 nylon vacuum packs were found, inside which there were smaller packages containing cannabis plant material, with a gross weight of about 40 kg.
The defendant said that she brought the drugs in order to deliver them to a specific person, who, however, did not show up when a controlled delivery of cannabis, which is the largest quantity seized this year at Larnaca airport, was attempted.
Imposing the sentence, the Larnaca Permanent Assize Court judged as aggravating factors the frequency of drug cases that now come before it, as well as the fact that the young woman is a member of a chain of trafficking of large quantities of drugs. As mitigating factors, her age was taken into account, as well as the fact that she is the mother of two children.
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Cyprus Mail
Authorities conducted a large scale operation in old Nicosia which resulted in the arrest of two people, it was reported on Thursday.
According to the police, the operation was carried within the city walls of Nicosia. Thirty one flats in 15 buildings were inspected, and 153 individuals were identified and checked.
Two third country nationals were subsequently arrested illegal stay in the territory of the Republic.
