Pafos Live 19 May 2025
Regarding the post yesterday regarding an arrest for a wanted person, the police operation was organized in Tala for the arrest of a wanted person for attempted murder.
According to the assistant police director of Paphos, Michalis Nikolaou, around 09.55 yesterday, after evaluating and utilizing information, members of the Paphos ADE carried out a coordinated operation in an apartment in the Tala area on the basis of a court search warrant. In the apartment, they located and arrested the 39-year-old Georgian Isaac Tataridis, who was wanted for the cases of Robbery and Attempted Murder committed in Paphos on the dates of 28 and 30/4/25, respectively.
Three more persons were found inside the apartment, a Greek Cypriot 31 years old and two foreigners aged 31 and 37, who were arrested with court warrants for the offense of granting asylum to a wanted person. For the same cases, another 33-year-old foreigner is detained, who was arrested on 10/5/25.
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Around 2.30 a.m. today, information was received about two cars that were burning in a house in Makedonitissa.
As reported by the Police, the fire seems to have started in a car owned by a 44-year-old and spread to a car parked next to it, owned by a 48-year-old. The two vehicles were completely destroyed. Minor damage was also caused to a third car owned by an 83-year-old woman.
According to the examinations, the fire in the first car seems to have been maliciously set. The scene is cordoned off and the tests continue.
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Illegal possession of drugs and illegal possession of property Nicosia Members of the TAE located and detained in Nicosia a 42-year-old man against whom five arrest warrants were pending for failing to appear in court.
According to the Police, he also appears to be involved in dozens of car theft cases in Nicosia.
A bag containing a white crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine weighing about 2 grams was found in his possession. Also found in his possession were jewellery, a sum of money, a folding knife as well as various other items for which he was unable to give satisfactory explanations for their origin.
He was arrested and detained.
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The Police arrested a 38-year-old man, as after searches of his home, cocaine and paintball guns, which he illegally possessed, were found.
According to the announcement of the Police, members of the Limassol Police Department, the Limassol Police Department, the dog branch of the MMAD and the pyrotechnician of the Limassol Police Department, searched the house of a 38-year-old man, which is located in a village in the Limassol district.
During the investigation, traces of cocaine were found in various places inside the house and the 38-year-old was arrested for a flagrant offense.
Also, during the search, a quantity of cocaine with a total weight of about 44 grams was found in the house.
Finally, from the investigation, two paintball guns were found inside the house, which are illegally possessed.
At the end of the investigation, the 38-year-old was taken to the offices of the Limassol Police Station, where he admitted to committing the offences in writing and was then detained in the detention facilities of the Limassol Police Station.
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The Police arrested a 23-year-old, as he initially gave them false information and then it was found that he was driving without a license and that he was carrying burglary tools in his vehicle.
Specifically, this morning, on Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, during a check in the context of crime prevention and control for suspicious persons and cars, members of the ULAE stopped a vehicle driven by a foreign man for check.
The driver of the vehicle initially pointed to an asylum form from the First Reception Centre in the Pournara Centre.
From further checking of his data, it was found that this referred to another person, 23 years old from Syria, while the initial evidence he showed belongs to another. Therefore, on the same day and at 1:40 a.m., he was arrested for the flagrant offense of impersonation.
Subsequently, in a search carried out in the luggage compartment of the above car, burglary tools were found in his presence and he was rearrested for the offense of possession of burglary tools during the night and was detained in the detention facilities of the Limassol ADE.
It was further found that the 23-year-old was driving the above vehicle without a driver's license and without being covered by a safety certificate against a third party.
The TAE and the Limassol Traffic Police continue examinations.
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There were also tragedies outside the GSP in the Omonia – APOEL match, in addition to the attack on an Omonia building shortly after the derby. According to the Police, the Police arrested a woman around the stadium, while there was also damage.
According to the Police, episodes of fan violence occurred yesterday before, during and after the end of the football match.
Specifically, before the start of the match, information was received that fans, who had gathered on the street outside the stadium, threw stones at passing vehicles. The stone throwing caused damage to a car. Members of the Police went to the specific spot, but the fans had already dispersed.
Also, before the start of the match, in the south parking lot of the stadium, members of the Police proceeded to the arrest of a 44-year-old woman, for the flagrant offenses of causing concern, public insult and resistance during the legal arrest. The 44-year-old was taken to the Strovolos Police Station, where she was accused in writing and released. This morning she is expected to appear before the Nicosia District Court, for the registration of a case against her.
Shortly before the end of the match, APOEL fans, who were in the south stand, allegedly broke the railings, which defined the space in which they should be located, and moved towards the east stand, where the OMONOIA fans were. Members of the Police intervened and the incident ended in a short time.
After the end of the match, in the area of the "Nuevo Campo" stadiums, there was stone throwing between the fans of the two teams. After the intervention of members of the Police and the partial use of the anti-riot vehicle of the MMAD, order was restored.
At the same time, the Police are investigating a complaint by a supervisor of the GSP stadium, according to which, while he was inside the south stand, in his attempt to collect an object from the ground, he was attacked by an unknown person, who hit him in the face and chest. The invigilator visited the Nicosia General Hospital, where he received first aid and was discharged.
Later, around 10.30 p.m., a group consisting of about 50 people, who had their faces covered with hoods and held offensive instruments, entered a premises where a fan association of OMONOIA Nicosia is housed, in Lakatamia.
The hooded men allegedly caused extensive damage to the premises, while three people, who were there as patrons, were injured by the attack.
The three injured, two men aged 30 and 33 and a woman aged 68, were given a medical form with which they visited the Nicosia General Hospital, where they received first aid and were discharged.
The scene was cordoned off and guarded by members of the Police with the examinations continuing by the Nicosia TAE.
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The Court of Dhekelia reserved for tomorrow at 9 a.m. the announcement of the sentence to the 46-year-old, who was found guilty of the brutal murder of Charalambos Konstantinidis, 52 years old, from Paralimni, on June 25, 2024 in Ormidia.
The 46-year-old was found guilty of premeditated murder after a hearing by three senior judges of the Assize Court, who rushed from Britain. The accused will be sentenced to life imprisonment, as is the case in Cypriot courts when someone is found guilty of premeditated murder. The difference in the UK's penal code is that judges will determine the minimum length of time the accused must remain in prison and when his request for release must be considered. Depending on the facts of the offence, the starting point for the minimum prison time for an adult starts from 15 and reaches up to 30 years.
During today's proceedings, there was a discussion on legal issues that arose, with the defendant's lawyer Andros Anastasiou, reserving his client's right to appeal to the English Court of Appeal for the preliminary study. The defendant's position is that he had not premeditated the crime, which was followed by a fight over financial disputes he had with the victim. We didn't have a death contract. He had no intention of killing him, nor had he planned it," Mr. Anastasiou said before the court.
During the proceedings, the 46-year-old's lawyer said his client did not consent to serve his sentence anywhere other than British bases. However, given that BB prisons are not suitable for the detention of persons serving sentences of many years in prison, it is possible, as provided for in colonial law, that a decision may be made, without his consent, to serve his sentence in Britain. In such a case, however, the accused has the right to submit a request to serve his sentence in the Central Prison of the Republic. It is noted that his lawyer asked the judges to impose the minimum sentence provided for (15 years), given that, according to the legislation of the Republic of Cyprus, at 12 years he will be able to apply for release.
It is recalled that the murder of the 52-year-old was committed on the evening of June 25 in the car paint shop of the 46-year-old defendant in Ormidia. The two had a financial difference and argued. Then the 46-year-old shot twice in the direction of the 52-year-old, injuring him in the face and then hitting him with an iron in the head. The Police of the Bases were alerted by a resident, who saw the 46-year-old near the victim's body. Patrol cars rushed to the scene, however, the perpetrator escaped in a car that was in the garage and the next day he surrendered to the authorities.
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In a direct trial at the Assize Court that will meet in Paphos on June 25, the two expatriates who were arrested for the attempted murder of their compatriots in Mandria, Paphos on April 30, were sentenced today. Based on the decision of the Paphos District Court, the 39-year-old and the 35-year-old will remain in custody until the start of the trial.
The two had escaped from the scene of the assassination attempt, arrest warrants had been issued against them and they were wanted. The Police initially arrested the 35-year-old on May 10, while the 39-year-old was located and arrested yesterday.
The arrest of the 35-year-old took place when, after evaluating evidence, the members of the Police located and stopped a car on a Paphos street, which contained the three persons, two of whom were wanted for the attempted murder. For their arrest, service weapons were used.
Immediately after the arrest, the above persons tried to escape. The members of the Police stopped and arrested the two persons, aged 33 and 35, while the third, aged 39, managed to escape and was finally arrested yesterday.
The third person arrested with the two who were referred to the Assize Court, was wanted in connection with a robbery case in Paphos on April 28, in which the other two were allegedly also involved.
