Filenews 10 August 2025
Romanian authorities informed the Cypriot authorities yesterday that a 48-year-old Romanian national, who had travelled to Cyprus in the previous days together with a 51-year-old man, was possibly detained in a Paphos hotel against her will and that she was expected to travel on the same day, to Poland.
Members of the Paphos Crime Detection Department went to the hotel for which the information was given that the 48-year-old woman was possibly detained, but she was not identified. Later that same day, members of the Police spotted the 48-year-old woman outside Paphos Airport, along with the 51-year-old and calling for help.
Members of the Paphos Crime Detection Department went to the scene and from a conversation they had with the 48-year-old, she told them that after she arrived in Cyprus with the 51-year-old, they were staying in a hotel in the city, where the 51-year-old did not allow her to go out without his escort, while on two occasions, he transferred her to a specific premises in Paphos, where he forced her to meet with customers of the specific premises, in exchange for payment.
In the context of the investigation of the case, both the 51-year-old and a second person aged 79 were arrested under court arrest warrants, while a third person aged 44 is also wanted. The two arrested are expected to appear today before the Paphos District Court, for the purposes of a detention order.
The Paphos Crime Detection Department continues the examinations.
Update - Pafos Live - The police on Sunday evening arrested a Romanian woman for the kidnapping and exploitation of a 48-year-old woman.
It is a compatriot of hers who reported to the police that she was under confinement and was being extradited. Two men are also detained for the same case, a Romanian and a Greek Cypriot.
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Pafos Live 11 August
An illegality on the part of a farmer in the area of the municipality of Akamas was detected in the last few days by crews of the municipality. A banana plantation owner illegally intervened in the municipality's water supply pipeline and had been watering his plantation with an irrigation hose lately.
The municipality's services estimate that the loss is close to one hundred tons per day. The municipality's crew detected the theft when it received complaints from domestic consumers in the area where the plantation is located that they did not have drinking water for most hours of the day.
The illegality has been restored and the next actions against the offender are now expected
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A person who arrived at Paphos airport yesterday afternoon on a flight from a European country, had about 25 kilos of cannabis in her luggage.
She has been arrested while efforts are being made to identify the accomplices and especially the brain behind the operation.
Update - The 25-year-old woman will be brought to the Paphos court today for the drugs found in her luggage.
After cooperation between members of the Ministry of Customs and officials of the Customs Department, shortly after 4.30 p.m. on Sunday, the 25-year-old, who earlier arrived at Paphos Airport, on a flight from a European country, was subjected to an inspection, during which officials of the Customs Department found in her luggage, 40 packages containing cannabis, with a total gross weight of 24 kg.
The drugs were found in the luggage of a 25-year-old woman with an American passport who arrived in Cyprus from the United States via a transit point in Great Britain
The 25-year-old was arrested, with the Police investigating a case of importation and possession of drugs for the purpose of supplying to another person. Partners and the brain of the circuit are being sought.
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Filenews
A case of injury with a 25-year-old male victim is being investigated by the Police in Larnaca, who proceeded to the arrest of a 29-year-old man.
Specifically, around 8.00 p.m. yesterday Sunday, after information about an injured person, in an area of Larnaca, members of the Police who rushed to the area, located a 25-year-old man, who had a back injury, which seems to have been caused by a sharp object.
The 25-year-old was transported by ambulance to the Larnaca General Hospital, where he is hospitalized, with his health condition out of danger.
During the investigations in the area, the members of the Police located a 29-year-old man, who, according to the data under investigation, had earlier argued with the 25-year-old, resulting in the injury of the 25-year-old.
According to information, there seems to have been a financial difference between them (€150) for which they argued and then injured him.
The 29-year-old suspect was arrested on a court warrant shortly before 10.30 p.m. on Sunday evening and was detained for police examinations.
Offences of acts aimed at causing grievous bodily harm, injury and stabbing are being investigated against him.
The case is being investigated by the Larnaca TAE.
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A case of robbery is being investigated by the Police. Specifically, around 1.15 a.m. today, a man entered a kiosk in the Ayia Napa area, where he stole products.
The 37-year-old kiosk worker followed him outside the store to prevent him and then the suspect, who had already entered a car to escape, according to the evidence under investigation, offered a pistol, resulting in the 37-year-old returning to the kiosk to protect herself.
The Famagusta TAE is investigating the case.
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Around 2 a.m. tday, information was received about a clash in an area of Larnaca.
Members of the Police went to the scene, where they located two 20-year-old injured people. The injured were transferred to the Larnaca General Hospital, where it was found that the first had a fracture in the nose and the second had injuries to the head and were detained for hospitalization.
From the examinations carried out, it seems that the two were attacked by a group of unknown persons.
According to information, the injured in the new attack are Indians. They reported that they were attacked for no reason by a group of people, who according to the Police are not connected to unaccompanied foreign minors.
The incident took place on Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, with the authorities looking for closed surveillance circuits in order to identify the perpetrators.
The examinations are ongoing.
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Contacts are underway to hand over from the pseudo-state to the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus a wanted for murder, aged 36, who is characterized as a person linked to a criminal group in Israel.
The information was brought to the attention of "F" yesterday, while it was also confirmed by a competent source of our newspaper who has good knowledge of the ongoing procedures.
The wanted person is a person who was arrested by the fake police in Kyrenia last Wednesday, July 30, having in possession of a fake Spanish passport named Andros Garcia.
According to reports in Israel, as well as on the website of the occupied territories, it is the wanted Daniel Yehonatan Zarug. For the latter, the Israeli authorities have reportedly issued a "red notice" through Interpol. At this stage he is in custody following a decision of the "court" of Kyrenia.
According to the website Mako, which is owned by an Israeli news group, Zarug is suspected of killing a woman and injuring two other people.
The perpetrator of the crime set up a death cart for Shaul Peretz on 24/3/2024 in Ashdod, who was going with his family to a court hearing. He shot nine times, killing, however, Shaul's wife, Almog Peretz. The assailant wounded Shaul and another woman.
Zarug reportedly left Israel in March 2024, shortly after the aforementioned crime.
The cross-checked information of "F" states that contacts are being made through a bi-communal group for the surrender of the 36-year-old to the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus and then the extradition of the wanted man to Israel.
Turkey...
The issue also has a political connotation, since other countries, such as the United States and Turkey, are also in the frame.
A competent source told us that Turkey criticizes Israel for what is being assumed in the Middle East, while at the same time it "maintains balance". It is well known, after all, that when the events of Mavi Marmara (2010) faded over time, which took Turkey-Israel relations to the extreme, there was informal cooperation between the two countries, even at the level of the secret services. As indicated to us in the context of the report, "at home, Turkey wants to show that it criticizes Israel, but it will not take it to extremes."
In this context, therefore, the efforts to hand it over to Democracy through the bicommunal group seem to be placed, which have nothing to do with the initiative of Democracy. The possibility of the wanted person being extradited through the Republic of Cyprus is a scenario that suits Turkey as well.
And the U.S.
However, last Thursday (7/8) the analyst Shimon Ifergan, who deals with immigration, citizenship and passports issues (he collaborates with Israeli media), in an article on the Mako website, places US agencies in the frame of the 36-year-old's case.
He writes, among other things: "The Police (note. He feared that Zrog would try to flee to Dubai or Thailand, countries with which Israel does not have extradition agreements, so his details were given to the prosecution authorities of those countries.
At the same time, according to the same source, the American law enforcement authorities also entered the game and put pressure on the occupied territories to arrest the perpetrator. "An entire unit was monitoring him 24 hours a day, it was important that he was 'under our control'," explains one police officer. It was clear to us that if he disappeared, we would have a big problem."
Five criminals...
In the same analysis of Mako, analyst Shimon Ifergan writes that the pseudo-state "does not have an extradition agreement with Israel," but "continues to attract Israeli criminals who are fleeing from the police — and is becoming a hotbed of cross-border criminal activity. In recent weeks, five more criminals have escaped there, some with fake passports, while joining a thriving Israeli community that organizes lucrative gambling groups and provides shelter to escaped criminals.
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A 26-year-old Greek Cypriot man was arrested for drug possession and traffic offences at dawn today, by members of the Police in Larnaca.
Specifically, in the context of the policing measures taken daily in the city and district of Larnaca, members of the Larnaca Traffic Police, shortly before 2.00 a.m. today, called a car driver to stop for a check. The driver failed to stop his vehicle and, driving dangerously, tried to escape.
After the car came to a standstill, the driver fled on foot. The members of the Police followed him and after managing to stop him, it was found that he was a 26-year-old.
In his attempt to escape, the 26-year-old was seen throwing three nylon bags on the ground, which were later found to contain a quantity of cocaine, with a gross weight of 2.5 grams and cannabis, with a gross weight of 0.5 grams.
The 26-year-old was arrested for the flagrant offense of illegal possession of drugs, while then, he illegally refused to undergo an alcohol test and a drug test.
The 26-year-old was taken to the offices of the Anti-Drug Service, where he was interrogated and released from his detention, to be summoned at a later stage, upon completion of the scientific examinations on the evidence received.
The YKAN and the Larnaca Traffic Police Department continue the examinations.
