The authorities arrested four people for various offenses, including theft, burglary and assault on a Police Officer.
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 police operations, four persons were arrested for various offenses, such as burglary of a building and theft, illegal stay on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, fine warrants, assault against a police officer, etc.
As part of these operations, during the night, 662 drivers and 208 passengers were stopped and checked. At the same time, 64 inspections of premises were carried out, with the aim of dealing with phenomena of delinquency, where 11 complaints emerged.
During traffic checks carried out, 212 complaints were made, concerning various traffic violations, while five investigated cases of traffic violations also emerged.
Of the complaints made, 92 complaints from drivers for exceeding the speed limit stand out, while as part of the police examinations, seven vehicles were detained. 353 alcohol tests were carried out, from which 22 complaints emerged, while one driver tested positive in a preliminary drug test.
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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An episodic arrest took place yesterday afternoon in a village in the province of Famagusta, resulting in the injury of two police officers who were attacked by a 29-year-old man with a knife and a paper cutter.
As philenews is informed, yesterday around 5:30 in the afternoon, members of the Police of the Xylofagou and Xylotymvou stations went to a village in Famagusta to locate a 29-year-old man, against whom an arrest warrant was pending for his non-presence in pending cases.
The police located the 29-year-old outside his house, who greeted them with a knife, paper cutter and threatened them.
At some point, the 29-year-old attacked the police officers and caused abrasions on their hands. They managed, however, to immobilize him and, eventually, he was arrested.
The two police officers went to the Famagusta General Hospital where they received first aid and were then discharged.
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The Police arrested another person in connection with a case of possession and transport of explosives during the Cyprus Cup Final at the GSP stadium, in Nicosia.
This is a 29-year-old man, who was arrested under a court warrant and taken into custody to facilitate investigations.
Today he is expected to be brought before the District Court of Nicosia for the issuance of a detention order.
The TAE of Nicosia continues the examinations.
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The supreme constitutional court on Friday annulled a decision by the administrative court which upheld the health ministry’s refusal to cover the costs for a cancer patient who had received treatment in the United Kingdom in 2012.
The court ordered the case to be reviewed as evidence emerged that potential errors occurred during the investigation of the case.
The case concerns a patient who had in 2012 sought treatment in London after claiming that the required treatment could not be provided in Cyprus, resulting in costs of around €68,000, which the patient later claimed from the Republic.
Following the opinion of the committee of surgical specialists, the ministry of health had back then rejected the patient’s request for cost coverage, arguing that the treatment could in fact be provided at the general hospital in Nicosia.
The appeal focused on documents confirming the Cypriot doctor’s lack of experience in carrying out the procedure in Cyprus, with the supreme constitutional court arguing that these crucial to determine whether appropriate treatment in the Republic had been possible at the time.
The administrative court had earlier rejected the validity of the documents as they had been issued later than the health ministry’s decision.
