Pafos Live 5 March 2026
Officials of the Customs Department at the Kato Pyrgos crossing point carried out an inspection of a vehicle driven by a person with Cypriot citizenship. During the check, he was found to be carrying 60 liters of oil which were confiscated.
Later, after his proposal for an out-of-court settlement of the offense with the payment of an amount of €200 was accepted, he was allowed to pass through the crossing point to the free areas.
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A 68-year-old resident of Limassol reported to the Police yesterday that, around 2.15 p.m. on the same day, her bag containing the sum of €8,200, as well as various personal documents, was stolen from her car, which was parked and unlocked on a street in Limassol.
As part of the investigation of the case, a testimony emerged against a 27-year-old man, who was located around 7 pm by members of the Police in Limassol.
In a physical search carried out, a sum of money amounting to €7,780 was found in his possession, as well as a mobile phone, which, as it was found, belongs to the 68-year-old complainant.
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As part of the investigation of the case of the discovery of more than 230 kilograms of narcotic substances in Nicosia, as well as the detection of a pistol, revolver, explosive devices and a large number of firecrackers, the Police proceeded yesterday at noon to arrest a 27-year-old man, by virtue of a court warrant pending against him.
He was taken into custody and today he is expected to appear before the Nicosia District Court for the detention process.
It is recalled that, for the case, a 26-year-old and a 34-year-old, as well as another 26-year-old, are in custody.
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Members of the Police in Nicosia arrested two persons aged 57 and 27, in connection with an investigated case of assisting a third-country national for illegal entry into the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
Specifically, around 7.30 last night, a 57-year-old man, a resident of the province of Nicosia, passed by a car driving from the crossing point from the occupied to the free areas of the Republic to Agios Dometios, where after an inspection by officials of the Customs Department, it was found that a second man, aged 27, a third-country national, was in the vehicle.
During his location, the 27-year-old allegedly reported to the officials of the Customs Department that he had paid a sum of money to the 57-year-old to transport him from the occupied areas to the free areas.
With the admission of the 27-year-old, the 57-year-old tried to escape in his car, making a U-turn to head towards the occupied areas. Members of the Police stopped him and despite the resistance that the 57-year-old put up, they proceeded to arrest him for self-inflicted offenses. In his possession, sums of money of €7,500 and 15,475 Turkish lira were found, the origin of which is being investigated, since the 57-year-old did not give satisfactory explanations for their possession.
At the same time, the members of the Police proceeded to arrest the 27-year-old, for his illegal entry into the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
This morning, the two arrested were brought before the Nicosia District Court, which approved a relevant request from the Police and issued a six-day detention order for the purpose of investigating the case, while the Nicosia TAE continues the examinations.
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The presence and action of the Police last night was intense, throughout Cyprus, with organized patrols in key points of urban areas, with the aim of preventing serious criminal acts, ensuring public order and increasing the sense of security of the public.
As a result of the preventive policing operations, 14 persons were arrested for various offenses, such as, among others, conspiracy to commit a felony, assault causing grievous bodily harm and illegal stay on the territory of the Republic.
As part of these operations, during the night, 373 vehicles were stopped for inspection and the drivers as well as 91 persons on board were checked. At the same time, 12 inspections of premises were carried out, with the aim of dealing with phenomena of delinquency.
During traffic checks carried out, 134 complaints were made, concerning various traffic violations, while 5 investigated cases of traffic violations also emerged. Of the complaints made, the 25 complaints of drivers for speed limit violations stand out. As part of the police examinations, 5 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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A lawyer whose license was revoked by the Disciplinary Court for 14 months, wanted to go in and out of the Immigration Department and perform work. They closed the door on him and he complained to the Supreme Court, which rejected his application to order the Deputy Minister of Immigration to accept that he conducts non-legal work.
The applicant is a lawyer and maintains a law firm with a turnover throughout Cyprus, offering, among other things, services related to immigration, international protection, civil registry, asylum services and other related issues. On 26/11/2025, the Disciplinary Council of Lawyers suspended his lawyer's license for a period of 14 months from 17/12/2025 in case no. 67/24. As he argued in his application to the Supreme Court, the above decision does not extend to a prohibition on practicing a profession other than the practice of law and the immigration, civil registry, asylum services and other services are not related to the profession of lawyer, nor do they constitute the practice of the legal profession.
He had attempted several times to carry out work in the Immigration Department of the Deputy Ministry as well as his representatives, but in a letter on 16/1/2026 which was sent by an officer of the Immigration Department, he was notified that, given the suspension of the license to practice the profession of lawyer, he was prevented from forwarding or submitting requests related to the responsibilities of the Immigration Department and that these would not be further handled or informed.
He reacted first with a letter and then with the registration in the Supreme Court of a unilateral Application seeking the Court's permission to register an Application with a summons to issue a Privileged Mandamus Warrant, in which: "... order the Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection, or the director of the Immigration Department or the officers to allow the exercise of the applicant's profession or profession and or the offer of services related to immigration issues, international protection, etc.
The Court held that there is no distinct demand on the part of the applicant to the Deputy Minister of Immigration for their compliance with a specific legal obligation. An applicant must, the Court notes, before applying to the Court for permission, have applied to the public body for the performance of his duty, but the latter must have refused to comply. The competent authority must know what is required of it
Finally, the Supreme Court distinguished that the applicant's general and vague references to his total prohibition to perform work not in the capacity of a lawyer but in another capacity, without reference to anything specific, cannot fill the above gap. In the end, the application was rejected.
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Officials of the Customs Department found a foreigner being smuggled by a vehicle to the free areas, while at the same time they confiscated animal products and duty-exempt tobacco products, at the crossing points of Agios Dometios and Astromeritis-Zodia.
Specifically, in a statement, the Customs Department states that on 3/3/2026, officials of the Customs Department who were conducting intensive checks at the Agios Dometios crossing point, saw a long-base vehicle driven by a 57-year-old driver, trying to escape control and return to the occupied areas.
After the officials of the Department stopped it, they carried out a check and found that behind the second row of seats there was a 27-year-old foreigner hiding, whom they tried to take down from the vehicle.
According to the Customs Department, the driver, in his attempt to escape, crashed into the rear and front of vehicles, so the officers asked for the help of the Police to immobilize him. After the vehicle was stopped, it was found that the 27-year-old foreigner was being smuggled to the free areas, so he and the driver of the vehicle were arrested and handed over to the Police for the continuation of the investigation due to competence, it is added.
Besides, a little later that same night on 3/3/2026, the officers of the Customs Department stopped a vehicle to conduct an investigation. During the control that followed, it was found in the storage area to be transporting bones and skins of cattle with a total weight of 150 kg, in violation of the Green Line regulation for the transport of animal products.
According to the Customs Department, after the latest incidents and the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, in addition to the confiscation and immediate destruction of animal products, the Directorate of the Customs Department decided to accept a compromise amount of €500 for the out-of-court settlement of the offense and in addition to the confiscation of the vehicle, which was not returned to him.
In addition, on 4/3/2026, officials of the Customs Department at the Astromeritis - Zodia crossing point, carried out an inspection of a passing vehicle.
During the inspection, according to the Customs Department, it was found that he was carefully transporting 9 boxes of 200 cigarettes each and 6 boxes of 200 heated cigarettes each, which did not bear markings for the harmful to health in the Greek and Turkish languages, indicating that they are duty-free. The person involved was arrested for flagrante delicto, while the tobacco products in question and the vehicle as their means of transport were confiscated.
He was later released, after his proposal for an out-of-court settlement of the offenses with the payment of an amount of €720 plus €280 for the return of the vehicle was accepted.
Also, the Customs Department reports that on 4/3/2026, officials of the Customs Department at the Agios Dometios crossing point, carried out an inspection of a vehicle driven by a woman, during which 4 boxes of 200 cigarettes each and 3 boxes of 200 heated cigarettes each were found in the vehicle, which did not bear markings for the harmful to health in the Greek and Turkish languages, an indication that they are duty-free.
He adds that the person involved was arrested for flagrante delicto, while the tobacco products in question and the vehicle as their means of transport were confiscated.
She was later released, according to the Customs Department, after her proposal for an out-of-court settlement of the offenses with the payment of an amount of €330 plus €170 for the return of the vehicle was accepted.
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A 23-year-old resident of Limassol was arrested yesterday afternoon on the basis of an arrest warrant and taken into custody.
Specifically, in the context of the ongoing examinations and evaluation of evidence, regarding an investigated case of conspiracy to commit a felony and cause grievous bodily harm, offenses committed on 12/2/2026, testimony emerged against the 23-year-old. It is recalled that three other persons had been arrested for the same case.
The TAE Limassol continues the examinations.
