Filenews 16 August 2025
Members of the Traffic Police Headquarters, during checks carried out last night on the Larnaca – Limassol and Kofinou – Larnaca motorways, made two complaints for exceeding the speed limit as well as other related traffic offences.
Around 8:00 p.m., a vehicle moving at a speed of 184 kilometers per hour was stopped, instead of the permissible limit of 100.
The check found that the 31-year-old driver did not have a driver's license and was driving without a safety certificate.
He was arrested for flagrant offences, charged in writing and released to be summoned later before a Court.
A little later (21:30), a second vehicle moving at a speed of 135 kilometers per hour was stopped.
The 50-year-old driver was found to be driving with a deprived driver's license and without a safety certificate, while he underwent a preliminary drug test with a positive indication.
He was arrested for flagrant offenses and then re-arrested due to pending fine warrants against him.
The examinations continue from the Aradippou and Kofinou Police Stations.
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In the context of an investigation of a case concerning the offenses of kidnapping, assault causing actual bodily harm, members of the Police proceeded yesterday, on the basis of court warrants, to the arrest of three persons.
These are men aged 32, 29 and 26, who were detained to facilitate the interrogations.
Today they are expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court, for the issuance of a decree for their detention.
According to the events of the case, on August 13, 2025 around 8:30 a.m., the kidnapping of a 22-year-old man from the Reception and Accommodation Center for Applicants for International Protection in Kofinou was reported to the Police. Members of the Kofinou Police Station went to the scene and from the examinations, it was found that the same evening, the 22-year-old kidnapped, initially received a phone call from other persons, in order to meet with them. The 22-year-old then met with three people outside the Accommodation Center and then boarded their vehicle.
After thirty minutes, friends of the 22-year-old contacted the Police and complained that they were trying to contact the 22-year-old, but his mobile phone was deactivated and he was probably the victim of kidnapping.
Around 10:30 that same evening, the 22-year-old contacted his friends, telling them that he had previously been kidnapped and that his kidnappers had abandoned him despite the Kofinou air bridge. He was transferred to the Kofinou Police Station, where it was found that he had abrasions on his face and neck.
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A police officer who was arrested for sexual harassment and indecent assault was detained for two days today.
According to the official announcement, "a member of the Police was arrested yesterday, on the basis of a court warrant, for a case concerning the offenses of sexual harassment, indecent assault, etc.
This particular member of the Police was brought today before the Nicosia District Court, which issued a decree for his detention for a period of two days.
A disciplinary and criminal case is being investigated against the member, while he is expected to be suspended, on the instructions of the Deputy Chief of Police".
The complaint against him was made by a female police officer who reported that he harassed her and committed an obscene act against her.
