Pafos Live 19 June 2026
Members of YKAN after evaluating information, located and arrested yesterday in the province of Famagusta, a 21-year-old man for the self-inflicted crime of illegal possession of drugs for the purpose of supplying to another person.
Specifically, yesterday around 6 p.m. members of YKAN spotted the 21-year-old approaching an open space in Paralimni on a motorcycle and picking up some objects from the ground.
The members of YKAN stopped him for a check. During the search at the place where the 21-year-old was, a precision scale, a plastic transparent container with pieces of cocaine and two pieces of nylon bags with a quantity of cocaine, with a total gross weight of 11 grams, were located and confiscated.
During a search of the 21-year-old's motorcycle, a shoulder bag was found and confiscated, in which there was a nylon bag with a quantity of cannabis with a gross weight of two grams, the amount of €3.960 in various banknotes and two mobile phones.
The case is being investigated by the Anti-Drug Service (Famagusta Unit).
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Filenews
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, five persons were arrested, for various offenses, including failure to appear before a Court, carrying knives and illegal stay on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. During the night, 407 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 518 drivers and passengers were checked. At the same time, 47 inspections of premises were carried out, from which 2 complaints emerged.
During traffic checks carried out, 234 complaints were made about various traffic violations, of which 98 concern driving at excessive speed. A total of 71 alcohol tests were carried out during which three drivers were found positive. A drug test was also carried out with a positive indication. Also, as part of the police examinations, a vehicle was detained.
Policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue every day, with an enhanced police presence, targeted controls and immediate operational action, in order to protect citizens and ensure public order.
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The second tourist from Israel, aged 22, who was allegedly involved in the quarrel, which preceded the knife injury of three Cypriots outside a bar in Ayia Napa with an alleged perpetrator 21-year-old, who has been in eight-day detention since yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder, was also detained for seven days.
The 22-year-old Israeli, a friend of the alleged perpetrator, was injured in the head in the fight and continues to be treated at the Famagusta Hospital, where the Famagusta District Court met, for the purpose of issuing the detention order. He is also a suspect in a case of attempted murder.
It is noted that a 22-year-old guard who was stabbed in the abdomen and underwent surgery is being treated at the hospital with knife wounds, with his health condition being classified as serious. The other two injured, aged 25 and 41, were discharged.
The investigators of the Famagusta Police Department have located the knife and under their microscope it is material from closed surveillance circuits, in order to determine what preceded the fight on Louka Louka Street. So far, according to police sources, it has been established that the two Israelis had, around 4:30 in the early hours of Wednesday, a heated argument that ended in an argument with a 41-year-old Cypriot (one of the injured). The security guards then rushed to the scene with the aim, according to testimonies available to the Police, to stop the fight and protect the 41-year-old man they knew. Then it is unknown under what circumstances the 21-year-old Israeli, who was in a state of high agitation, pulled out a knife and injured all three with it.
The two Israelis will be interrogated, while statements will also be taken from the injured, when their health condition allows. At this stage, statements are taken from persons who were in the area at the time of the fight.
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A fire broke out in a vehicle in Nicosia around 01:10–01:30 in the morning, which was parked in the area of Agioi Omologites, in a makeshift shack adjacent to a four-storey building.
The vehicle, owned by a 23-year-old woman, was completely destroyed, while the fire was brought under control by members of the Fire Service, who rushed to the scene with two vehicles from the Acropolis Fire Station "Sergeant Spyros Ttantis". The fire was reported at 01:10 and brought under control at 02:40.
The fire and heat caused extensive damage to an adjacent property and its contents, as well as to part of a gym and its equipment on the ground floor of the building. Window panes and showcases of neighbouring stores were also shattered, while the exterior paint of the building was also affected due to the smoke.
Members of the Fire Brigade proceeded to check the entire building to locate and remove tenants, with one person safely removed from an apartment on the third floor.
Members of the Police went to the scene for examinations, while according to the first findings there are indications that the fire was set maliciously. The scene was cordoned off in the morning for the continuation of the examinations.
The case is being investigated by the TAE of Nicosia in cooperation with the competent authorities.
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Under the microscope of the Larnaca Police are messages posted on the internet and allegedly related to the complaint for the kidnapping of 22-year-old Sahruar Ahmed Emon, a student from Bangladesh whose traces have been lost since June 12. In them, some people are said to be asking for a ransom from a person asking him to give €10.000 on Sunday and €25.000 on Monday. In fact, at the end they tell the person who receives the message that "if you tell anyone you will never see their face again".
The information from the Police states that the authenticity of the messages is being examined, while at the same time the search for the missing student continues. "The messages that saw the light of day are in the possession and knowledge of the Police from the first moment and their authenticity is being examined.
The Police also possess other multimedia files which were either located, delivered or received, the authenticity of which is also being investigated", says the Police, noting that in the context of the examinations, all technological tools are used to locate the 22-year-old or places where he was or visited from the moment he left his place of residence.
The Police also states that from the first moment searches were carried out in various places and statements were identified and taken from persons who seem to have come into contact with him, however the examinations to locate other persons continue, given that the 22-year-old has been in Cyprus for a short period of time. There was also communication with the father of the 22-year-old, who lives abroad, as well as with the authorities of this country.
It is noted that on June 12, according to what the Police had reported in a relevant message, unknown persons contacted the father of the 22-year-old and reported that they kidnapped him and that they were asking for a ransom. Since then there has been no communication, with the Police making repeated appeals to receive information that may lead to his identification.
The young man at 6:30 in the afternoon of June 12, left the house where he lives with other people in Oroklini and said that he would head to a factory in the Kofinos area, where he would work for the first day. According to information, the Police located the last location of his mobile phone in Kofinou, which was searched without being located. It is estimated that, because he does not have a means of transport, the young man arrived in the area by bus. The routes of the buses are under the microscope and closed monitoring circuits are being sought, in order to see if his movements were recorded.
In the evening of the same day, the 22-year-old sent a message with a specific location to a friend via a mobile phone application, without any further communication.
The Police ask any person who knows anything that can help locate them to contact the Larnaca Police Department at 24804096 or 24804060 numbers or the Citizen's Line at 1460 or the nearest Police Station.
A serious case, related to private life and social media, is being investigated by the occupation authorities and concerns a Greek Cypriot woman who lives and works in the free areas.
The 39-year-old was arrested a few days ago at the Pergamon roadblock, while she was trying to cross into the occupied territories. The so-called police officers of the pseudo-state, who are manning the checkpoint, found that this woman has been wanted since last August after a complaint by a Turkish Cypriot in the occupied territories for violation of privacy privacy.
Information from filenews states that the case goes back four years, when the 39-year-old allegedly had a relationship with the complainant's husband, also a Turkish Cypriot, who reside permanently in the occupied areas. It seems that at some stage their relationship broke down and according to what is reported by the information that the bi-communal office had on crime, the 39-year-old allegedly sent to the social media account of the Turkish Cypriot wife, photographic material and videos that she had taken with him in the occupied territories.
The Turkish Cypriot filed a complaint with the "police" on 04/08/2025 about this incident, as a result of which the authorities of the pseudo-state issued an arrest warrant against her. Almost a year later, on June 6, 2026, it became possible to arrest the 39-year-old when she tried to cross into the occupied territories.
According to the information of the Bicommunal Committee, the arrested woman was brought before a pseudo-court which issued a three-day detention order against her, in order to examine her telephone device. The case remains pending, while the bi-communal crime office is constantly updated on developments.
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He is an 85-year-old Greek Cypriot, she is almost half his year old from Sri Lanka. They had a wedding which was eventually judged to be virtual. The husband stated that they never lived together, that he married her to take care of him and that she visits him once a week or even every 15 days.
The declaration of the marriage as fictitious reached the Administrative Court after an appeal by the wife, who insisted that the marriage was genuine and requested a residence permit as the wife of a Cypriot citizen.
The Court ruled that the administration acted completely lawfully and unjustifiably and that the marriage was rightly judged to be fictitious, since the decision was based on six factors. The applicant, a Sri Lankan national, arrived in the Republic on 2/12/2012 with an entry permit, in order to work as a domestic worker. After changing four employers, she continued to reside in the Republic until 21/12/2018, with a temporary residence permit. On 17/4/2019 she submitted an application for granting international protection status, which she withdrew on 28/1/2020, since in the meantime she had a civil marriage with the Cypriot citizen A.M. Following this, the applicant was issued a residence permit as the wife of a Cypriot citizen.
On 3/11/2020, a proposal was submitted to check the authenticity of the applicant's marriage with the Cypriot, an audit that took place on 16/2/2021 at the address declared by the couple. During the search, the Cypriot was identified, but not the applicant, who stated that she visits him once a week or every fifteen days, since she lives with her sister and cousin.
On the day of the inspection, the Cypriot, then aged 85, showed the members some women's clothing that he claimed belonged to the applicant. In a personal interview that the couple was called, on 26/3/2021, the Cypriot husband stated that they never lived together, that they have absolutely no relationship and that he married her to help him once a week at home. For her part, the applicant stated that they are in a relationship and that they have been living together since 2018. It is noted that the applicant submitted on 6/10/2021, an application for the renewal of her residence permit as the wife of a Cypriot citizen.
The Court, after hearing both sides, disagreed with the applicant's suggestions regarding the absence of reasoning in the decision to declare the marriage as fictitious. As mentioned, the decision records six elements that, precisely, tend to sufficiently demonstrate that their marriage was fictitious. As they emerge from the report of the YAM, during the on-site visit to the couple's stated address, but also from the personal interviews that took place, the applicant and the Cypriot did not live under the same roof.
The period of their acquaintance, the number and frequency of their meetings before the marriage was minimal, there was a lack of appropriate contribution to dealing with their obligations arising from the marriage.
Finally, the statements of both regarding their personal information or in relation to other important personal information were contradictory. In the end, the appeal was rejected with costs of €1,900 at the expense of the domestic worker.
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The British Bases court imposed a multi-year prison sentence for drug-related offences. A 28-year-old Greek Cypriot, who was arrested last December for possession of 23 kilograms of cannabis, was sentenced to almost three years in prison on June 17.
The accused, who was found guilty of possession of drugs for the purpose of supplying to third parties, was located and arrested in his vehicle in Trachoni, after a joint afternoon operation by the British Bases Police (BB) and the Anti-Drug Service (YKAN) of the Cyprus Police.
After the sentence was imposed, the convict was immediately transferred to the BB Central Prison in Dhekelia, where he will serve his sentence.
In her statements after the completion of the judicial process, Police Officer Melina Papagrigoriou expressed the hope that this conviction will send a strong message to those involved in drug-related offenses.
He said: "Drug trafficking has a serious impact on our communities and this sentence reaffirms our commitment to tackling this type of crime effectively.
"I hope that this decision will send a clear message that such criminal acts will not be tolerated.
"We will continue to prosecute those involved in such activities with determination and without compromise, ensuring that those responsible are held accountable for their actions."
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A new case of fraud and extortion via the internet, of a sum of money from a bank account, is being investigated by the Police, following a complaint submitted yesterday to the TAE Nicosia.
According to the complaint, a citizen received a phone call on June 18 from a man, who introduced himself to him as an operator of an online financial transaction and payment platform. With false pretexts regarding the security of the account that the citizen maintains on the online platform, he was persuaded to install on his mobile phone, a specific web application as well as various applications of money transfer companies.
The citizen followed the instructions given to him by the unknown man, as a result of which he extorted an amount of €9,142.
The Financial Crime Investigation Unit of the Nicosia Police Department is investigating the case.
On the occasion of this new complaint, the Police recommends special attention to the public, pointing out that providing other persons with access to electronic devices, as well as access to online accounts, should be avoided, while personal data and bank accounts should be protected and never disclosed.
Citizens are urged, as always, to carry out a check to verify any calls or messages they receive. Such control and verification should be done through the official and notified communication channels of the organizations involved.
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A new case of internet fraud and extortion of a large amount of money, is being investigated by the Police in Nicosia. The perpetrators, by sending a false message via e-mail, managed to extort a sum of money amounting to more than €23,000.
The case was reported yesterday to the Nicosia Police Department, by an employee of a company in Nicosia. According to the complainant, on May 5, the company received an email with an amended invoice from a person pretending to be a specific supplier concerning its payment. As a result, the company proceeded to pay the invoice by bank transfer to a specific account, the details of which were mentioned in the message.
On May 24, after a conversation with the supplier about a pending invoice, it was found that the email on May 5 was sent by fraudsters.
The Financial Crime Investigation Unit of the Nicosia Police Department is investigating the case.
On the occasion of this new fraud case, the Police recommends that, in cases where such messages are received, before citizens proceed to pay invoices, they should always verify the messages, through telephone communication with the partners to whom the payment is to be made. For this communication, a telephone number should be used with which the two parties have been contacted again or which is indicated in authentic messages exchanged between them in their previous transactions.
Company owners or managers are encouraged to inform their company's staff about this form of fraud and to implement procedures to verify the payment requests they receive.
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A fierce fight between dozens of young tourists in Ayia Napa went viral on the platform of a well-known British streamer.
The relevant video, according to available information, was broadcast live in the early hours of Thursday on the account of the well-known streamer mainly from TikTok, Kick and YouTube with millions of followers "HS TikkyTokky", or Harrison Sullivan who is on vacation in the area.
According to information from filenews, the Police were informed of the incident by a citizen who made a complaint. On the basis of this video, the authorities reacted immediately and carried out an ex officio investigation into the incident.
As part of the investigation of the case, two of the people involved in the quarrel were identified. These are two Britons aged 19 and 21, who were interrogated and a case of fighting is being investigated against them.
Investigations continue with the aim of identifying other persons who may have participated in the incident.
