Filenews 31 May 2025
The Police arrested a 26-year-old person, a permanent resident of Larnaca, last night, in the context of an investigation into a case of theft from a car committed in Larnaca on May 21.
A wallet of significant value containing a sum of €1400, a cheque, bank cards and personal documents of the owner as well as sunglasses of significant value were stolen from the vehicle.
The suspect is expected to appear before the Larnaca District Court for the issuance of a detention order.
The TAE of Larnaca continues its examinations
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The Larnaca District Court imposed a two-year prison sentence on a 32-year-old man from Romania, who was found guilty, after a long hearing, of causing death due to a reckless act that resulted in a fatal road accident in October 2022, with the victim being 27-year-old Alraghed Ahmad from Syria, who was working in Cyprus. In addition, the defendant was sentenced to 8 points and deprived of his right to hold or receive a driver's license for a period of 3 months.
The accident occurred at 7 a.m. on October 15, 2022 in Larnaca. The unfortunate 27-year-old was in the back of a car, driven by a compatriot and in which two other people were on board. The vehicle stopped with the hazard lights on, at the entrance of Bouboulinas Street. At some point, a car driven by the 32-year-old collided with it, resulting in the critical injury of the 27-year-old, who was transferred with severe head injuries to the Larnaca General Hospital.
The victim succumbed to his injuries at midnight the next day. According to the court's findings, the defendant's reckless act essentially lies in the fact that while the vehicle in which the foreigners were riding "was within his field of vision from a distance of 150 meters and there were no other vehicles, either in front of him or in the right lane of traffic in the same direction and he saw and perceived his presence" he ignored the risk of causing a traffic collision, and continued to drive unhindered in the left lane, "without taking measures to avoid the collision, despite having plenty of time, space and unobstructed visibility".
In the calculation of the sentence, the seriousness of the offence and its consequences were taken into account and for the benefit of the accused his clean and relatively good road record. The court rejected the request for a suspension of the sentence, stating that "the disastrous consequences caused are such that they cannot justify the suspension. Otherwise, the need for deterrence to all drivers who use the road on a daily basis would be neutralized." The case was handled by Giorgos Stavrou on behalf of the Prosecution.
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The information of "F" from Greece about the cocaine import ring through Latin America with the alleged mastermind of the 42-year-old Cypriot citizen J. A., who is wanted.
The case is characterized as unprecedented, since the members of the criminal group imported large quantities of the narcotic substance into Greece in liquid form, with which clothes were impregnated in order not to perceive this criminal activity.
The 42-year-old Cypriot wanted man, according to our authoritative source from the Greek capital, is characterized by the Greek Police "as directing and directing the criminal organization, in charge of finding cocaine suppliers from Ecuador, organizing the importation of cocaine into Greece from Ecuador and the trafficking of drugs in the domestic market".
The 50-year-old was found in possession of a "RETAY" pistol with a magazine and five full cartridges, as well as a sum of money.
After a search warrant was executed in the apartment where he lived with two of the arrested, important findings emerged that demonstrate that the defendants had installed a chemical laboratory suitable for the refining, separation and extraction of the liquid cocaine with which the clothes had been impregnated.
For the case, the Police have arrested the 50-year-old Cypriot, a 48-year-old Greek woman, as well as two other persons from Colombia and the Dominican Republic, respectively. The latter two are alleged to be the people in charge of the chemical processing of cocaine. As we noted, the alleged mastermind of the ring, the 42-year-old English-born Cypriot citizen is wanted.
