Pafos Live 23 June 2025
Three young Greek Cypriots, all under 20 years old, were spotted hunting pheasants in a rural area of Geroskipou. The young people, in addition to the hefty fine, which is close to €20,000, and for the three they will also be brought to justice.
And this is because not only because they hunted in a permanently prohibited area but also in a period closed for hunting. It is noted that from the examinations carried out by the game wardens, it emerged that the air gun they were using belongs to a fourth person who will also be charged.
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A 54-year-old man complained to the Paphos Police Department that, yesterday, he received a phone message regarding the payment of an out-of-court fine and after he followed the electronic link referred to in the message, he proceeded to pay the out-of-court fine, amounting to €30.
He then found out that, from his bank account, the amount of €1.605 had been illegally paid to another account, resulting in the 54-year-old realizing that he had been deceived.
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A 52-year-old man was arrested yesterday under a court warrant in connection with a case of theft from a custodian.
According to a complaint filed by a 29-year-old man at the Paphos Police Department, since 2022, the 52-year-old convinced him to give him money in order to keep it for him. According to the complaint, the 29-year-old gave a total amount of €6,800, however, when he asked the 52-year-old to return his money, the 52-year-old claimed that the amount was only €2,000 euros and to date he has not returned any money to the 29-year-old.
The 52-year-old was arrested on a court warrant and detained.
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Pafos Press
A 35-year-old woman was arrested to facilitate police investigations into an ongoing case of illegal possession of drugs with the aim of supplying them to other persons.
According to an announcement by the Police Communications Branch, at around 17:40 on Sunday, members of the National Crime Agency, following information, conducted a search at the residence of a 35-year-old woman in Aradippou.
"In the residence, among other things, approximately 54 grams of crystalline methamphetamine, 40 MDMA (ecstasy) pills and a sum of €2,240 were found," it is reported.
Also, "it was found that a closed-circuit surveillance camera in the residence was illegally recording a public space. The recorder was seized as evidence."
The 35-year-old was arrested for flagrant offenses and taken into custody, while today she is expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court for the issuance of a detention order.
The Larnaca District Unit of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the case.
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Filenews
A coordinated operation was carried out yesterday morning by members of the Limassol Police Department, TAE and OPE in Limassol, during which two 22-year-old persons were arrested.
Specifically, in a search carried out at the home of the first 22-year-old, about 110 grams of cannabis were found and confiscated, while in the house of the second 22-year-old, a small amount of cannabis and a crusher with traces of cannabis were found and confiscated.
Subsequently, the first suspect was arrested on a court arrest warrant and detained to facilitate interrogations, while the second suspect, after being charged in writing, was released to be summoned later.
The Limassol Police Department continues its examinations.
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Cyprus Mail
Greek police have arrested an Azeri man suspected of espionage on the island of Crete, which is home to a NATO military base, based on information from the country’s intelligence service, police said on Monday.
Cyprus arrests individual on suspicion of terror-related plot, police say
Greek authorities were investigating if the 26-year-old Azeri man was monitoring the base in Souda – a strategic facility for Greece, the U.S. and the NATO military alliance in the eastern Mediterranean – and if the case was linked with the recent arrest of a British man in Cyprus on suspicion of terror-related offences, sources said.
The man, who was arrested on Sunday, had been staying since June 18 in a hotel near the naval and air force base in western Crete. More than 5,000 photographs and encryption software were found on a laptop that was confiscated, along with other digital equipment, from the hotel room, the sources said.
He was expected to appear before a prosecutor this week.
