Pafos Live 10 September 2025
Evidence and information that the Syrians have taken over the reins of organized crime are held by the police.
In fact, the recent criminal actions with the participation of numerous foreigners confirm the information of the authorities that they are no longer limited to drug trafficking but control almost all areas of the island and all forms of crime.
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In a coordinated operation of the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN), members of the Service carried out a search yesterday afternoon in a house in a village in the province of Larnaca.
The investigation was carried out by virtue of a court warrant, as part of the continuous actions to combat drug trafficking and trafficking.
Upon the arrival of the members of the Y.K.A.N., a 22-year-old man was present, who seems to have been in charge of the management of the house, which belongs to a relative.
From the investigation, the following were identified and confiscated:
· 20 nylon packages with cannabis, with a total gross weight of 1,618 grams
· One package of cocaine, gross weight 27 grams
· A precision scale
· A firearm magazine with 30 blank cartridges
· Two metal cylindrical objects, estimated to be detonators.
The 22-year-old was arrested for flagrante delicto offenses and taken into custody to facilitate investigations.
Subsequently, with his written consent, a search was carried out at his home, located in the same village, where a sum of €10,020 was found and received for examinations.
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Filenews
An incredible incident took place in Limassol, when unknown perpetrators managed to enter the basement of the District Post Office and steal a moped used to distribute letters and parcels.
The event is sensational, as the building is located right next to the Limassol Police Department.
According to information, the perpetrators broke the basement doors, located the moped and then climbed it up the stairs, managing to escape in an unknown direction.
The theft seems to have been committed in the early hours of the morning, while the Police were later informed about the incident. Its members went to the area in the morning hours for on-site examinations and investigations.
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Until the end of the investigations, 48,430 documents of the Central Prisons that were found in the possession of a chief guard last April will remain in the hands of the Police.
This is what the Supreme Court decided, rejecting a request by the chief guard himself to be given permission to request the annulment of the order for the retention of presumptions, including thousands of state documents.
As clarified by the decision of Supreme Court judge Lena Dimitriadou - Andreou, the documents were found on 9/4/2025 at the home of the chief security guard as part of an investigation into another case. Specifically, in two locked rooms, one on the ground floor and one on the 1st floor, the Police found 48,430 documents, which consist of 250,464 pages, which were confiscated (the final number emerged after evaluating the documents). As stated in the decision, all the documents that were seized were illegally and without any authorization by the Applicant.
Among the documents are architectural, topographical and spatial plans of the Central Prisons in Nicosia, copies of convict files, documents for disciplinary investigations of the Prison Department, internal letters, reports, notes, tables – lists related to service matters of the Prison Department. Furthermore, it was found that documents from the Police and other state services were illegally and without any authorization in his home.
In particular, copies of Police documents related to various service issues of the Police, documents of other state services, Police correspondence with the Prison Department and correspondence exchanged between the Central Prisons and other state services and state officials were found. Several of the documents are classified CONFIDENTIAL. In addition to the documents, digital discs bearing handwritten notes with dates, a number with computer floppy disks, commemorative gifts and other items were found and confiscated.
The large volume of documents as well as the nature of the objects found, created reasonable grounds for believing that criminal offences had been committed in addition to those for which the search and arrest warrants had been issued. Therefore, they were confiscated in the presence of the Applicant and transferred to the offices of the Business TAE for further inspection and evaluation.
The prison guard's lawyer, Alexandros Clerides, had argued in his request that the District Court issued the present order for the retention of the presumptions, in excess of jurisdiction. He argued that the evidence at the time when the Police requested the issuance of the Decree was in its possession illegally, since the previous Decree dated. 14/4/2025 was annulled by decision of the Supreme Court dated. 11/7/2025.
According to the Supreme Court, the Court's discretion to issue an order for the retention of property found in the execution of a search warrant, which is not mentioned in that warrant, presupposes the existence of reasonable cause to believe that a criminal offence has been committed in relation to that property. The reference in the Affidavit to the identification, following a search carried out inside the Applicant's home, of a large number of official documents of the Prisons, including architectural, topographical, electrical, etc. plans of the Prisons, I do not believe that it could not objectively establish the required "reasonable cause" to believe that the criminal offenses mentioned above were committed. The opposite position put forward by the Applicant for the absence of "reasonable cause" is not at all consistent with the data that had been put before the Lower Court, the judge found.
"The essence of the matter and what matters, the Court concludes, is that, regardless of the fact that it was registered with the same number, the application that led to the issuance of the Detention Decree in question, taking into account its content, constitutes, in fact, a new application, independent of the previous one, based on the facts recorded in the affidavit supporting it. For the above reasons, I am not satisfied that there is a prima facie case and/or debatable to grant the requested license."
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During traffic checks in Nicosia, members of the Police stopped a vehicle, in which four people were riding, last night for a check.
From the examinations that followed, it was found that the driver, 25 years old, was driving without a driver's license, without a safety certificate, a registration certificate and a certificate of suitability.
In a physical search carried out on the 25-year-old, in his possession, a credit card in the name of another person was found, as well as various documents in which bank account numbers were indicated, resulting in his arrest, for the self-inflicted crime of illegal possession of property.
Further examinations showed that the three other people in the vehicle, two men and a woman, were illegally on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus and were arrested to facilitate investigations.
The examinations continue.
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The Police arrested a 22-year-old man for a drug case in the province of Larnaca.
According to a relevant announcement, a coordinated operation of the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN), members of the Service carried out a search yesterday afternoon in a house in a village in the province of Larnaca.
The investigation was carried out by virtue of a court warrant, as part of the continuous actions to combat drug trafficking and trafficking.
Upon the arrival of the members of the Y.K.A.N., a 22-year-old man was present, who seems to have been in charge of the management of the house, which belongs to a relative.
From the investigation, the following were identified and confiscated:
20 nylon packages with cannabis, with a total gross weight of 1,618 grams
One package of cocaine, gross weight 27 grams
A precision scale
A firearm magazine with 30 blank cartridges
Two metal cylindrical objects, estimated to be detonators.
The 22-year-old was arrested for flagrante delicto offenses and taken into custody to facilitate investigations.
Subsequently, with his written consent, a search was carried out at his home, located in the same village, where a sum of €10,020 was found and received for examinations.
The case is being investigated by the Y.K.A.N. (Larnaca Echelon).
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The eighth arrest for a case of possession of drugs and explosives was made yesterday by the Police, who handcuffed a 29-year-old man, by virtue of a court warrant.
This is the eighth person to be arrested in this case. The arrests of the six persons came after a search of premises, vehicles and a boat in Limassol, on 25/05/2025, where 540 grams of cannabis, 31 full cartridges and the sum of €120,105 were found and confiscated.
Two of the five suspects, after being interrogated, were released, while a case was registered against four persons for offenses concerning, among other things, conspiracy, illegal possession of drugs and possession for the purpose of supply, as well as money laundering.
YKAN (Limassol Unit) continues the examinations.
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The Police arrested a passenger at Larnaca airport, who was carrying more than 24 kilograms of cannabis.
As part of the actions carried out by the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN), in cooperation with the Customs Authorities, to identify persons who import drugs into the Republic of Cyprus through airports, a 34-year-old man, who arrived at Larnaca airport, on a flight from abroad, was stopped for control in the early hours of this morning.
During the check carried out in his luggage, 44 nylon packages containing cannabis plant material, with a total weight of 24 kilograms and approximately 568 grams, were found.
The 34-year-old was arrested for spontaneous offenses and taken into custody.
Today he is expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court for the issuance of a detention order.
