THE OLD BUILDING OF SKE MOUTTALOS BEING USED BY DRUG USERS - Filenews 5/3 by Dora Christodoulou
Until last September, it hosted the SKE Mouttalou, for the employment of the elderly residents of the district, under the management responsibility of the Municipality of Paphos. That month the SKE closed due to the lack of a large participation of the elderly and given that the needs of this age group of the Municipality of Paphos are now served by the new SKE in a central area of the city. A few months later, neighbours complain, the building has been turned into a den of antisocial activities and mainly drug use.
These serious issues were confirmed by the Mayor of Paphos, Angelos Onisiforou, speaking to "F", who even revealed that a few days ago and after relevant complaints that reached him, he went to the spot accompanied by a team of YKAN and four persons were indeed found inside the area to be engaged in drug use. These four people were arrested on the spot by the members of YKAN, he stressed.
Mr. Onisiforou also stated that the building that housed the SKE Mouttalos was sealed by the municipal authority, however it seems that in the last few days it has been violated again by some, as a result of which there is a systematic use of drugs by people who were repeatedly found by neighbours.
After the new complaints and the accumulated reaction of the residents of the area, the Mayor of Paphos announced that tomorrow a crew of the municipal authority led by him will go to the place again and seal the area until decisions are made on its utilization by the Municipality of Paphos in a way beneficial to the district and its people.
