Pafos Live 16 February 2026
The Police arrested a 20-year-old man as part of an investigation into a robbery case, committed last night, at a kiosk in the province of Larnaca. The 20-year-old was taken into custody for the purpose of investigating the case.
According to the data under investigation, around 7.05 last night, the perpetrator of the robbery entered a kiosk in Livadia, having his face covered with a scarf and after passing into the cashier area, he pushed the 71-year-old owner of the kiosk and demanded that he hand over a sum of money from the cashier. After the suspect stole a sum of €20, he fled on foot.
The scene was visited for examinations by members of the local Oroklini Police Station, the TAE Larnaca and the OPE Larnaca. Following testimony obtained from examinations carried out by the members of OPE, a court arrest warrant was issued against a 20-year-old man. He was located and arrested around 1.30 after midnight, by members of the Larnaca Police Department and taken into custody.
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Pafos Press
The presence and action of the Police was intense last night, throughout Cyprus, with the conduct of 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.
The result of the preventive policing operations was the arrest of seven persons for various offenses, including robbery, conspiracy after the commission of a felony and drugs.
As part of these operations, during the night, 326 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 427 persons who were riding in them were checked. At the same time, 32 inspections of premises were carried out, with the aim of addressing delinquency phenomena.
During the traffic checks carried out, 149 complaints were made, concerning various traffic violations, of which the eight complaints of drivers for driving under the influence of alcohol stand out. A total of 109 alcohol tests were carried out. As part of the police examinations, seven vehicles were seized.
Coordinated policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue daily, with increased/reinforced police presence, targeted checks and direct operational action, with the aim of increasing the sense of security of citizens/protecting citizens and ensuring public order.
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Filenews
The Police arrested the father of the two brothers accused of attempted murder on Anexartisias Street on Sunday night. The father was wanted under a court warrant for complicity after committing a felony. The suspect is expected to be brought before the Limassol District Court tomorrow for a request for his detention.
For the same case, the two brothers, aged 30 and 20, originally from Lebanon, who are suspected of attempting to murder a 36-year-old man from Syria, have been put on trial in the Central Prison until the start of the trial before the Permanent Criminal Court of Limassol.
It is recalled that the attempted murder took place on December 20, 2025, on Anexartisias Street, in Limassol.
According to the data under investigation, around 19:00 in the afternoon of the same day, the 36-year-old was outside a café in the area, where he had gone about half an hour earlier with two of his compatriots. There he allegedly met the 30-year-old defendant whom he knew, as well as another man.
As the victim complained, he was attacked unprovoked by the two suspects with a taser, and then the second man stabbed him. From the examinations that followed, it emerged that the perpetrator of the stabbing is said to be the 20-year-old, brother of the 30-year-old.
After the incident, the two suspects fled on foot. From CCTV footage, the 30-year-old appears to leave the scene wearing only one shoe and head to his barbershop, where he changed his shoes before leaving.
That same night, according to testimony obtained, the two brothers went to a café run by the 30-year-old's ex-mother-in-law. There, the 30-year-old allegedly reported that he lost his mobile phone and asked for his number to be cancelled, citing the fact that his bank cards were stored on the device.
In the meantime, the Police received information in the following days that the father of the suspects had recently bought a large boat, suitable for long-distance travel, with the aim, according to the same information, of the escape of the wanted by sea. At the same time, actions were allegedly taken to sell the 30-year-old's vehicle, with the aim of securing money.
On December 31, the father drove the 30-year-old's car to a workshop in Limassol, where he left it with the keys and left in another vehicle. In addition, on December 30, he allegedly handed over the boat to an engineer, proceeding to install a large fuel tank.
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A 39-year-old man was arrested by members of the Police for self-inflicted offenses, who was spotted by the police attacking a 16-year-old minor, at a kiosk in Germasogeia. The members of the Police had gone to the premises for examinations, following information about a robbery that was in progress, yesterday afternoon.
Specifically, around 2.45 yesterday afternoon, information was received about a robbery at a kiosk in Germasogeia. Upon arrival at the scene, members of the Ulamos Immediate Intervention Unit - ULAE, spotted the 39-year-old attacking a 16-year-old inside the kiosk and intervened to prevent him. During their intervention, the 39-year-old attacked one of the police officers.
After the members of the Police proceeded to arrest the 39-year-old for self-inflicted offenses, they conducted a search during which they found in the possession of the 39-year-old an opening knife, as well as a mobile phone, which the 39-year-old himself admitted to having taken from the 16-year-old.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 39-year-old, for the purpose of investigating a robbery case. He was arrested under the court warrant shortly after 10.30 last night and taken into custody.
The Limassol Police Department and the Germasogeia Police Station continue the examinations.
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The phenomenon of thefts of wrecks who are either still on the streets or have been immobilized in open spaces by their owners is now taking on serious proportions in Paphos. The reason for this phenomenon, explain professionals in the vehicle and spare parts trade, is the growing market that is being created in the province with the aim of finding used parts.
According to the estimates of those in the field, the upsurge in the purchase of old cars by foreigners and which are in frequent need of spare parts of every condition and quality, due to the limited financial budget of the owners, is also increasing the illegal supply of this market.
Typical cases were recently recorded in areas of the city, where two owners who had left their cars immobilized for months in open areas of Paphos, found them literally half when they went after a long time to where they had parked them. Unknown perpetrators dismantled them and took most of their parts, apparently to sell or reuse them.
These cases are not unrelated, according to competent sources, to the recent complaints that thefts and vandalism of cars in Paphos are related to the phenomenon of traffic on the roads of many old vehicles bought by foreigners, with more and more competent bodies or professionals in the field of spare parts pointing out that the too many old cars in Paphos, which are usually driven by foreigners, have created the need for cheap spare parts.
These spare parts, however, they emphasize, on the one hand, are not enough in the market, due to the many damages that wrecked cars constantly present, and on the other hand, genuine spare parts are clearly more expensive than used-stolen ones. Therefore, they easily find buyers, i.e. the owners of such vehicles, who are unable to spend a lot of money on repairs or maintenance. After all, this is the reason why they own an old car.
They also call on the Paphos Police Directorate to increase the mainly night patrols in the districts in order to be able to deal with this ever-growing anti-social phenomenon.
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A 28-year-old resident of Limassol was arrested and detained yesterday for illegal possession of cocaine with a gross weight of approximately 9 grams as well as for locating a quantity of cannabis with a gross weight of approximately 102 grams.
Specifically, members of YKAN stopped the 28-year-old for a check yesterday afternoon, at the moment when he was preparing to board his car, which was parked on a dirt road in the Limassol area. He was previously seen looking at a specific spot where there was wild vegetation.
In a subsequent search, a quantity of cocaine with a gross weight of about 9 grams was found in the shoulder bag in his possession, while he was then led by the members of YKAN to the place he was previously curious, where a package containing a quantity of cannabis, with a gross weight of about 102 grams, was found and he was arrested for flagrant offenses.
This was followed by a search of the 28-year-old's car where a precision scale, a sum of money over €900 was found, as well as other items which were received as evidence. A search was also carried out at the 28-year-old's home, but nothing reprehensible was found.
The 28-year-old was taken to the offices of YKAN where he was re-arrested under a court warrant and taken into custody.
YKAN continues the examinations.
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The four people who were arrested in the Paphos shopping center last Sunday night during the operation of the anti-terrorist platoon of the Police, while they were in a recreation center in the area, were charged in writing and released after the expiration of their detention order.
The four were accused of possession of offensive instruments and of sums of money which, according to the authorities, they did not prove their origin. The accusation of offensive instruments concerns the iron fist held by one of the four during their arrest.
The four, as the representative of the Police stated in court, were arrested last Sunday night in a restaurant in the shopping center of Paphos, following information that members of criminal groups, according to his expression, would have a meeting there.
The four suspects, two of Cypriot origin from Larnaca and two foreigners, were arrested when aggressive instruments and large sums of money were found in their possession for which, according to the Police, no satisfactory explanations were given. In particular, an iron fist and a sum of €3,000 were found in the possession of a 42-year-old man, in the possession of a 45-year-old man, an amount of €3,000, in the possession of a 29-year-old €5,000 and in the possession of a 30-year-old the amount of €12,810.
