Pafos Live 11 February 2026
Members of the Police proceeded to arrest a 27-year-old man, as part of the investigation of a case of burglary of a house and theft of a car, committed in the province of Paphos.
Specifically, after information about a home burglary and car theft, yesterday afternoon, members of the Police located the 27-year-old and searched his apartment in Paphos, where they located the car key, which was later found to have been stolen. The stolen vehicle was located by members of the Police, parked in an area in the area of the building where the 27-year-old lived.
After locating the stolen vehicle, the details of its 36-year-old owner were ascertained, examinations followed, from which the burglary of the 36-year-old's residence was established. The car key and the vehicle itself were stolen from the house.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 27-year-old, for the purpose of investigating the burglary and theft case. He was arrested and taken into custody, with the Pegeia Police Station continuing the examinations.
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Two persons were arrested yesterday by the Police, to facilitate investigations into an investigated case of car theft. The arrests were carried out as part of a coordinated operation by the TAE Nicosia.
The car was stolen on the morning of February 6, 2026, while it was parked outside a kiosk in Nicosia. After evaluating information, members of the Burglary Unit of the Nicosia Police Department, carried out a coordinated operation yesterday, in the context of which the stolen vehicle was located, parked in an open area in Nicosia.
Two persons, aged 34 and 32, were found inside the vehicle, who were arrested to facilitate investigations. During a subsequent search, a small amount of methamphetamine was found inside the vehicle and confiscated.
On the occasion of this case, the Police remind everyone that the safety of our vehicle concerns first and foremost ourselves. We avoid parking our vehicle in secluded places and never leave our vehicle running or the keys on the starter, even if we will be away for a very short time. Before leaving the vehicle we make sure that we have fully raised the windows and locked the doors.
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Filenews
The Police arrested two persons during the night for different serious offenses.
The Police carried out organized patrols in key points of urban areas, with the aim of preventing serious criminal acts, ensuring public order and increasing the public's sense of security.
As part of these operations, the Police proceeded to arrest two persons.
Specifically, a suspicious person was arrested in Limassol, for the purpose of verifying his details, as well as a person, who during a traffic control refused to undergo a driving test of a vehicle under the influence of drugs.
Also, during the night, 241 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 312 persons on board were checked. At the same time, 25 inspections of premises were carried out, with the aim of dealing with phenomena of delinquency.
During traffic checks carried out, 81 complaints were made, concerning various traffic violations, while seven investigated cases of traffic violations also emerged. Of the complaints made, the 35 complaints of vehicle drivers for exceeding the speed limit stand out. As part of the police examinations, three vehicles were detained.
Coordinated policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue daily, with an enhanced police presence, targeted controls and immediate operational action, in order to protect citizens and ensure public order.
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In Thessaloniki, a Cypriot wanted by the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus was arrested for criminal organization, arson and illegal income.
As it became known, he is a 22-year-old Cypriot, against whom a European arrest warrant of the Nicosia District Court was pending.
The 22-year-old is being taken to the Thessaloniki Appeals Prosecutor's Office to begin the extradition procedures to Cyprus.
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Dozens of closed circuits monitoring the area of the arson, but also the route from Limassol to Nicosia and vice versa through Palaichori, led to the identification of the 28-year-old suspect from Greece, who was arrested for the arson in a car sales window belonging to a 37-year-old Romanian.
As part of the examinations for the same case, a 49-year-old businessman from Limassol who was wanted was arrested today at noon, with a court warrant. From a search carried out at his residence, a sum of approximately €18.000 euros in cash, two pistol models and five mobile phones were found and received as evidence.
It is recalled that the 28-year-old suspect was brought before the Limassol Court on Tuesday morning (10/2) for a request for detention. His lawyers did not object and the request of the Limassol Police Department was approved, with the Court ordering his detention for six days.
The vehicle was recorded following a course towards Agia Fyla and then, from the mountain villages, reaching Nicosia. From closed surveillance circuits at a gas station in the Limassol district, an SUV vehicle with the same characteristics was recorded moving towards Nicosia.
From the examinations of the TAE Limassol, the SUV vehicle was located outside a specific premises. After discreet surveillance, the 28-year-old suspect boarded the vehicle, and was then initially arrested for pending fine warrants.
As he claimed at the time of his arrest, he has been driving this vehicle for a month. From an inspection, it was found that the SUV belongs to a company engaged in the car trade. A court arrest warrant was issued against a second person and he was wanted. This is the 49-year-old businessman from Limassol.
A subsequent search of the vehicle and the suspect's apartment found seven mobile phones, two radios and a 7,62 mm calibre military cartridge.
It is recalled that the fire broke out around 4:15 in the early hours of Sunday (25/1) inside the closed exhibition space, while the Fire Service was called to the scene, which proceeded to extinguish it.
The examinations revealed that the fire was set maliciously using flammable material, after the perpetrator broke the glass display case of the store, doused the interior with flammable material and then set fire, causing damage.
Two luxury cars worth €120,000 and €60,000 respectively were completely destroyed by the fire, while damage was also caused to the premises.
Update - The 49-year-old businessman, who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of arson in the case of arson in the window selling luxury vehicles, owned by a 37-year-old Romanian, was put in the cell for a period of five days. The suspect was arrested for the offenses of conspiracy to commit a felony, arson and burglary of a building.
The investigators of the TAE Limassol requested the detention of the suspect for a period of five days, with his lawyer not objecting. The Court approved the request and ordered his pre-trial detention.
Under interrogation, the 49-year-old denied any involvement in the case and claimed that the SUV vehicle recorded at the arson scene was registered with his company without his knowledge, since, as he said, his company imports many cars on behalf of other sellers. He added that he does not know either the owner of the property or the owners of the cars that were inside the window for sale.
It is noted that in a testimony by the Russian co-owner of the luxury vehicle sales window, she stated that eight paintings worth €120.000 were destroyed by the arson, which they had for sale after a relevant agreement. The total value of the damage amounts to €330,000, without the damage to the building having yet been calculated.
The exams of the TAE Limassol are underway and the relationship of the businessman with the 28-year-old, who has been in custody since yesterday, is expected to become clear. In addition to the 31 testimonies that will be taken, the possibility of connecting him with the seven owners of the luxury vehicles that were for sale is expected to be considered.
In addition, examinations will be carried out by Customs and private customs brokers to determine the person who cleared the SUV vehicle through customs and how it ended up in the hands of the 28-year-old.
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A prosecution witness will be found against her ex-partner and accused of the murder of 45-year-old Giannis Argyros, who was murdered in the early hours of May 4, 2025, in the garage of the apartment building where he lived, receiving 19 stab wounds in various parts of his body. The reason for the 47-year-old Greek Cypriot, who changed her attitude and admitted the charges she faces.
During today's proceedings before the Permanent Criminal Court of Limassol, the representative of the Prosecuting Authority, Senior Advocate of the Republic, Andreas Aristides, stated that the accused admitted the charges of possession, use and supply of cocaine. However, regarding the charge of complicity after the commission of the murder which she did not admit, studying as she said, carefully the witness material, The completion of which took place after the registration of the case, concluded that this accusation cannot be substantiated.
Exercising the powers granted by the Constitution to the Attorney General and based on the instructions taken by Mr. Aristidis, he requested the suspension of this charge. He also pointed out that the Attorney General's intention is to call the 47-year-old as a prosecution witness during the hearing of the case against the 52-year-old accused.
Following the above development, the Court discontinued the prosecution of the accused on the charge of complicity and set a new date for events and speeches to mitigate her sentence.
The 52-year-old was taken to the Central Prison as a prisoner, while the 47-year-old remains free with restrictive conditions. It is recalled that the 52-year-old, alleged perpetrator, faces the most serious offense of the Criminal Code, that of premeditated murder.
The 52-year-old may not admit anything in relation to the murder of his friend, however, as Filenews wrote in a previous report, the 47-year-old stated in her testimonies that the 52-year-old told her twice that he killed the victim, while pointing the knife to her. According to what the 47-year-old testified, at some point she left the garage, where she was with the 52-year-old and the victim, in order to bring drugs. Shortly after, the 52-year-old called her on the phone, asking her to return to pick him up. She found him outside the garage with his clothes covered in blood and, according to her words, revealed to her that he killed Argyrou. She claimed that her partner was extremely jealous.
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The immediate release of a Turkish citizen, of Kurdish origin, who had been detained since March 2025 for deportation purposes, was ordered by the Supreme Court, referring to a prolonged and unjustified duration of detention.
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court approved an application for a Privileged Habeas Corpus ad Subjiciendum Order, as "well-founded" and "justified", noting that the applicant had been detained for 11 months, without, at this stage, any prospect of his deportation.
As stated in the decision, the applicant, a Turkish national of Kurdish origin, was under detention for a period of 11 months, for deportation purposes, while on October 31, 2025, his application for international protection was rejected and on December 9, he registered an appeal to the Administrative Court of International Protection, which is set for instructions on May 22, 2026.
"The applicant, with the application under trial, which he has registered through lawyers, requests the issuance of a Habeas Corpus ad Subjiciendum order, since he considers that his further detention has become 'illegal and/or unjustified and/or abusive'", it is stated.
It is noted that the Attorney General registered an objection, accompanied by an Affidavit of an Officer in the Immigration Department of the Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection, stating the position that the requested Habeas Corpus order cannot be issued, because otherwise, the Court will give an opinion on matters that do not fall within its jurisdiction in the context of the examination of this application. The Court, as stated in the decision, can decide whether a detention has become illegal, regardless of whether or not an appeal has been registered against any administrative act or decision authorising detention.
"Besides, in the present case, the applicant does not request that orders declaring his detention or deportation invalid or illegal. Nor does he claim treatment, which is also claimed by the above pending appeal. His complaint, with the application under trial, is that the elapsed time of his detention together with the general actions of the administration, makes his detention illegal, which is examined and decided in the context of an Application for the issuance of a Privileged Habeas Corpus Warrant ad Subjiciendum", it is noted.
In fact, it is added, "it is his position that "the execution of removal to his country of origin, i.e. Turkey, is in practice extremely difficult, if not impossible, especially in light of the special and individualized circumstances of his case, the required administrative and diplomatic arrangements, as well as the procedures related to the issuance or securing of the necessary travel documents."
In paragraph 10 of the affidavit, it is noted, it is stated that "the respondents continue their efforts to persuade the applicant to be deported." "However, the fact that the applicant is not persuaded to consent to his deportation does not justify his further detention. Nor does he have an obligation to be convinced," the Court states.
The decision states that the period of 11 months that the applicant continues to be detained "is not negligible in this case", while, during all this period "not only was no attempt made to deport him, but not even to clear the ground for such a thing, since, as it was said, no effort was made to secure travel documents".
In fact, it is noted, the lawyer representing the Attorney General, stated that there is no possibility of his deportation until the hearing of his above appeal, which is set for instructions in May 2026.
"In other words, at this stage there is no question of deporting the applicant, at best, not even for the next few months. Nor can the applicant be held liable for the time required for the hearing of his above appeal, which he had every right to register. Nor has it been reported that it is the applicant who is responsible for the fact that his appeal is set for instructions at the end of May 2026", it is stated. In any case, it is added, the obligation of the Courts to ensure the finality of a dispute within a reasonable time, in accordance with Article 30 of the Constitution, is a given.
The Court states that the Application is considered well-founded, justified and approved, and that the requested Preferential Warrant is issued. It ordered the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus "to immediately release" the applicant.
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The Court of Appeal sealed the damages to a veterinary assistant, who lost one of his eyes after a foal kicked him during the microchip implantation process. The District Court in Nicosia had awarded the injured man €100.000 in damages for the loss of his sight in one eye and for loss of income, since his job options are limited.
The court of first instance found that the Cyprus Horse Racing Authority was solely responsible for the injury, which challenged the decision on both liability and the amount of compensation in the Court of Appeal.
The incident happened on 28.4.2006, on a farm in Agioi Trimithias, with the respondent being employed as a veterinarian's assistant at the Horse Racing Authority. On that day, they went to the farm with the aim of implanting a microplate in young foals by injection method, together with the veterinarian employed by the Authority. According to the findings of the Court of First Instance, the veterinary act of implantation, as determined by the veterinarian, was as follows: Initially, the foal was immobilized, i.e. the owner of the farm held the foal by both ears, standing in front of the animal, and the veterinary assistant held the foal by the tail, lying on the left side of the animal.
After immobilization in the above way, the veterinarian placed the injected microplate on the left side of the foal's neck, lying on the left side of the animal. In the above way, three microplates were implanted in foals of that farm and, during the implantation in the fourth colt, the accident in question occurred.
Specifically, at the time when the veterinarian placed the microplate on the neck of the fourth colt with a syringe, it suddenly reacted uncontrollably, lowering its head abruptly, as a result of which its ears escaped the hands of the owner of the farm. The foal then moved forward and kicked the respondent with its hind legs, hitting him in the right eye. The incident took place in a fraction of a second and the respondent was unable to react. The decision notes that during the implantation process, a bridle was placed on the colt's mother and she was left free to roam the area. She was upset and neighed around the foal.
The Court of Appeal (Judges K. Stamatiou, L. Dimitriadou-Andreou and A. David) found that the employer's obligation, as follows from the above case law, requires the taking of every precaution that, according to a reasonable forecast, may expose the employee's safety to risk. Every employer has an obligation to its employees to provide a safe system for the conduct of work. A horse's frenzy is always predictable and appropriate measures should be taken, it is pointed out. As noted in the decision of the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance concluded that the Horse Racing Authority failed to supply the respondent with appropriate equipment and a special helmet to carry out his work safely, a position with which the Authority disagrees. He also agreed with the Court of First Instance that it is not established, neither from the facts of the case, nor from the defense, that the respondent could have taken reasonable precautionary measures, which he did not take, in order to avoid the accident.
The three judges also agreed that the young age of the respondent, the severity of the injuries and the permanent effects they had, not only on his health, but also on his employment opportunities, combined with the limited education of the respondent, his employment options were even more limited, demonstrating the correctness of the Court's approach regarding the amount of compensation for loss of his earning capacity. Following that finding, it held that the damages awarded at first instance were correct.
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Cyprus Mail
The police are investigating suspected poaching after they caught a 35-year-old man on Wednesday morning trying to gather wild birds that had been caught in trapping nets.
A device mimicking bird calls was also in operation at the time.
The man was seen by an anti-poaching patrol in Tochni, Larnaca, which stopped him and released four wild birds believed to be thrushes.
The suspect was taken to Zygi police station, which will be investigating the case.
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A Greek Cypriot man has been arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus.
The man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning, with police representative Emre Koyun telling the court that the police had intercepted the man near the village of Yerolakkos, west of Nicosia, at around 4pm on Tuesday.
He also said that when the police searched his vehicle, they found 16 shotgun cartridges inside it, and then arrested him.
Prosecution lawyer Ali Yegen then told the court that he will bring charges both of entering a restricted area, the charge typically brought against people who cross into the north illegally, and of illegal possession and transport of explosives.
He asked that the man be remanded in custody, and judge Sevket Gazi acquiesced, handing the man a four-day remand.
