Filenews 15 April 2026
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 part of these operations, five persons were arrested for various offenses, such as illegal possession of property and assault on police officers.
During the night, 435 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 518 drivers and passengers were checked. At the same time, 24 inspections of premises were carried out, during which four complaints emerged regarding the terms of their operating license.
During traffic checks carried out, 196 complaints were made about various traffic violations, of which 93 concern speeding. A total of 72 alcohol tests were carried out during which one driver was found positive, while nine preliminary drug tests were carried out, with four positive results. Also, as part of the police examinations, four vehicles were detained.
Coordinated policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue daily, with an increased/enhanced police presence, targeted controls and immediate operational action, with the aim of increasing the sense of security of citizens/protecting citizens and ensuring public order.
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The authorities were put on alert after a fire broke out yesterday around 6 p.m. on a motorcycle owned by a 33-year-old man, which was located in an open area of Nicosia.
According to the Police, it appears to be a malicious act. The fire, which was extinguished by the Fire Service, caused extensive damage to the motorcycle.
The examinations continue from the TAE of Nicosia.
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The effort to locate mobile phones entering the cells is unstoppable, since devices are found almost daily, with prisoners inventing new ways to deceive the staff, while drugs are also in high demand. In the last 15 days, 15 mobile phones were found, with convicts discovering holes in the security system, but also the prison management being on alert, removing them and initiating the relevant procedures on the basis of laws and regulations.
Although it is not an easy task to put mobile phones in prisons, it seems from the confiscations that this does not deter prisoners, who either buy them on the black market, or recruit their own people, risking even imprisonment. Recently, the possession and importation of mobile phones into the Central Prisons has been criminalized and anyone found to be supplying a prisoner with a telephone device, or if found in his possession, then he is subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.
According to information from "F", about 15 days ago, two brand new mobile phones were found in their packages, in a waste basket outside the closed prison. As it turned out, a visitor left them after consultation there, so that the prisoners who would collect the garbage could pick them up and transport them inside the closed prison. The mobile phones were received by the Police for examinations and to show where and who they were bought from so that an effort can be made to identify the citizen involved.
Also, in searches of staff members in a wing, four mobile phones were found, two in one cell, one in another and the 4th in the toilet flush. Also, on Holy Wednesday, after another search, a mobile phone and four chargers were found in a toilet cistern in another wing. In another case, a mother visited her son who is a prisoner and apparently, during the farewell she gave him a mobile phone. The prisons had investigated the specific woman and did not know that she was carrying a mobile phone. When the visiting hours ended and her detained son was searched, the mobile phone was found in his possession and confiscated.
On April 5, checks were carried out by staff members in four wings and six mobile phones were found in four cells. On April 7, during a search of a prisoner's clothes carried by a relative, a small amount of drugs was found. In a subsequent search of his cell, a mobile phone was also found. Finally, a woman who visited her partner, during his visit, gave him glues impregnated with a narcotic substance. The investigation of the case was undertaken by YKAN. Criminal files are opened for all cases and those involved, when there is testimony, are brought to justice.
Today in prisons there is a mobile phone signal detection system, while actions are being taken to extend it to its cut-off, so that any attempt to activate a mobile phone does not succeed.
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A bus driver, who was attacked by a passenger while running a route in Aglantzia, has been hospitalized with serious injuries since Sunday night.
As reported to Filenews by the authorities, the victim was hit by a passenger inside the bus, for an unknown reason at the moment, as a result of which he had a head and knee injury.
The details of the alleged perpetrator have been verified, with the Police awaiting medical examinations that will shed light on the driver's condition and form the indictment, so that they can proceed with further actions.
The attack on the driver has caused reactions in trade unions, with SEK calling for measures to be taken, while sounding the alarm in terms of the safety of drivers and passengers.
This is the tenth serious incident of attack in the last two years against professional bus drivers.
The attack was recorded on video by a passenger of the bus, with the images of the incident being shown by RIK.
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According to a complaint made to the Police by three persons (a 27-year-old and two 25-year-olds), around 11.30 p.m. yesterday, while they were in an open area in the area of Paphos, they were attacked by three unknown compatriots, one of whom was holding a sharp object with which he injured them.
Also, according to the complaint, they stole a wallet containing the sum of €1.200.
The three complainants went to Paphos General Hospital, where they were found to have bruises and after first aid was provided, the two were discharged, while the 27-year-old remained for treatment as a precaution.
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Knews
According to court proceedings, the incident occurred on the evening of February 12, 2026, at the Ayios Dhometios crossing. ''Officers'' from the occupied areas' anti-narcotics unit carried out a search of the man’s vehicle and reportedly discovered approximately 3.5 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine, along with a precision scale. The items were seized as evidence.
The man, who had crossed into the occupied areas as a visitor, was initially detained for 10 days while investigations were conducted. He was later held in custody pending trial.
He was found guilty of illegal importation and possession of narcotics.
In its sentencing, the ''court'' stated it followed established judicial guidelines. While noting that the quantity involved was small, it emphasized the seriousness of the substance in question. The ''court'' weighed the limited amount as a mitigating factor, while treating the type of drug as an aggravating element.
The defendant’s admission of guilt and reported health condition, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, were also taken into account before the ''court'' imposed a two-month prison sentence.
