Pafos Live 20 August 2026
A fire that broke out at dawn in a café restaurant located a very short distance from the church of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Peace in Pachyammos is attributed to a malicious action.
The fire caused damage mainly to the equipment of the café and part of the building.
Members of the police rushed to the area and are conducting investigations.
A fire that was caused yesterday a few minutes after 2 pm in a car in Agia Marinouda is attributed to a malicious act.
At 14:05 yesterday, a call was received for a fire in a motor vehicle, which was parked in the parking lot of an apartment building in the community of Agia Marinouda.
The Paphos Fire Station responded with two fire trucks and the fire was brought under control at 14:45.
As a result of the fire and heat, the vehicle in question suffered extensive damage, while two other adjacent parked vehicles were affected.
In addition, air conditioner compressors and part of the paint of the masonry of the apartment building suffered extensive damage.
According to the investigation, which was carried out in cooperation with the Police, the fire was caused after arson.
About twenty minutes after midnight, a call was received to the fire brigade about a fire in an uninterruptible power supply system (UPS), inside a server room, in the basement of a hotel in Pegeia.
The Paphos Fire Station responded with two fire trucks and the fire was brought under control at 00:45.
From the fire and heat, the system in question, part of the wiring, as well as equipment and part of the painting of the room were damaged.
The fire was noticed by members of the hotel staff, who tried to extinguish it using a fire extinguisher, before the arrival of the Fire Service.
The members of the Fire Service proceeded to the final extinguishing of the fire and the ventilation of the area.
No one was in danger from the fire and there was no need to evacuate patrons or hotel staff.
An investigation into the causes of the fire will follow
As part of the actions of YKAN to identify and arrest persons involved in the trafficking and trafficking of narcotic substances, a search was carried out yesterday afternoon by virtue of a court warrant, at the home of a 32-year-old man in Larnaca.
During the search, a relative of the 32-year-old, aged 23, was in the house. Inside the 23-year-old's room, four firecrackers, two flares and the sum of €13,250 were found, which were received and kept as evidence, while the 23-year-old was arrested for flagrant offenses.
It is noted that the 32-year-old, who was absent from the house, was called by a relative for the presence of the Police. A member of YKAN spoke with him and asked him to come to the house so that the Police investigations could proceed. He replied that he could not go to the house at the time.
At the same time, members of YKAN were in the 32-year-old's field, for a search by virtue of a court warrant that had been previously secured.
During the stay of the members of YKAN in the field, a car driven by a 31-year-old man approached the spot. The members of YKAN signaled him to stop using police beacons. As soon as the driver realized the presence of the police, during his attempt to escape control, he crashed into three official vehicles and was immobilized. From the impacts, a member of YKAN was injured in the hand, who was taken to the General Hospital of Larnaca where he was given first aid and was discharged.
The 31-year-old was arrested for flagrante delicto, while a subsequent investigation found 24 grams of cannabis, a crusher with traces of cannabis, a precision scale and the sum of €100 in his possession.
A little later, the 32-year-old went to the field where, in a search carried out in his presence, an ice box was found in which there were five packages containing cannabis, with a total gross weight of 910 grams and various other items. The 32-year-old was arrested for self-inflicted offenses.
All of the above were taken as evidence while the three persons were re-arrested under court warrants and taken into custody.
As part of the actions of YKAN to identify and arrest persons involved in the trafficking and trafficking of narcotic substances, a search was carried out on 14/08/2026, by virtue of a court warrant, in the apartment of a 26-year-old man in the province of Famagusta.
During the search, carried out in the presence of the deputy director of the apartment complex, a nylon bag containing cocaine with a total gross weight of 500 grams was found. Cocaine with a total weight of 5 grams was also found on the bed.
For the case, an arrest warrant was obtained against the 26-year-old tenant of the apartment, who was arrested yesterday and taken into custody.
This morning he is expected to be brought before the District Court of Famagusta for the procedure for issuing a detention order.
The presence and action of the Police last night was intense, throughout Cyprus, with organized patrols in key points of urban areas.
As a result of the preventive police operations, fourteen persons were arrested for various offenses such as robbery, assault with actual bodily harm, illegal possession of drugs, illegal stay in the Republic, assault on a police officer, drunkenness and anxiety.
As part of these operations, during the night, 622 vehicles were stopped for inspection and 829 persons on board were checked. At the same time, 31 inspections were carried out in premises with the aim of dealing with delinquency phenomena.
During traffic checks carried out, 273 complaints were made, concerning various traffic violations, while 19 investigated cases of traffic violations also emerged.
Of the complaints made, 105 concerned exceeding the speed limit, while as part of the police examinations, 8 vehicles were detained.
165 alcohol tests were carried out, from which 12 complaints emerged, as well as 4 preliminary drug tests with three positive results.
The Police emphasizes that policing operations, for the prevention and suppression of crime, continue daily, with an increased/enhanced police presence, targeted controls and immediate operational action, in order to increase the sense of security of citizens/protect citizens and ensure public order.
In September, the hearing of the case against a 48-year-old Greek Cypriot who, due to special circumstances, occupied the sphere of public debate in the province of Paphos and beyond, begins.
The 48-year-old was arrested the day before yesterday for offenses mainly related to violations of the legislative framework for domestic violence, while within the same day a criminal case was registered against him. The Court set the start of the hearing for Thursday September 3.
At the same time, the Paphos District Court reserved for tomorrow, Friday, its verdict on the request of the prosecuting authority, that the accused remain in custody as a pending trial until the trial of the case.
The accusations
The 48-year-old faces charges related to psychological violence, threats, insult, disobedience of a decree and contempt of Court. According to information from "F", the alleged offenses have to do with an ex-partner of the accused and in fact, the latter, based on the indictment, allegedly violated a court order for restrictive measures.
On the basis of what was put before our newspaper, the arrest the day before yesterday came after a verbal incident that took place at a public event, where the accused and his ex-partner were found.
It occupied quite a bit
The case is considered to be peculiar and it is no coincidence that it has been the subject of journalistic publications since Tuesday night. The name of the accused is said to have concerned the authorities on the occasion of issues of public interest that came to light since the beginning of the year and are related to Paphos.
In addition to this, at least three other identical cases involving his ex-partner have been registered against him in recent years. It is for this very reason, after all, that the Republic requested that the accused remain detained as a prisoner until the trial of the case.
The main legal argument was that there is a risk of "repetition of offenses against the complainant". The two sides, the prosecution and the defense, spoke about it and as we noted, the Court reserved its decision for tomorrow.
"State negligence"
Lawyer Alexandros Alexandrou, defense attorney of the accused, was asked by "F" to comment on the developments in the case registered against his client last Tuesday.
After first referring to the facts and the request for his client's detention until the trial of the case, he commented: "Essentially, the request of the Police is based on the risk of repetition of such offenses and in my humble opinion it is completely unjustified. Two of the four cases registered against my client are dated, after more than five years have passed. Let's not forget that the presumption of innocence takes precedence here. The state's negligence in adjudicating such cases cannot be to the detriment of the accused."
Answering our question about the seriousness of the offenses, Mr. Alexandrou said that these are "alleged threats" and concluded by saying that "my client did not use violence".
