A tavern in Limassol was bombed in the early hours of Monday. The owners claim to have no disputes with anyone and are cooperating with the police investigation. Evidence has been collected from the crime scene and surveillance footage is being sought. This is the second time the tavern has been targeted in two years. The explosion caused minor damage with a low-power incendiary device placed at the entrance.
The Police arrested a 16-year-old individual in connection to ongoing car theft investigations in the Famagusta district, bringing the total number of apprehensions to four. The arrest was made to aid in the investigations, which revealed the involvement of several individuals in car theft cases in Ayia Napa between May 25th and May 30th, 2024. Another case involving the 16-year-old and an 18-year-old in Larnaca is also under investigation. Arrest warrants were issued against the 18-year-old and the 16-year-old following evidence collected by the Larnaca Police Department. The suspects appeared before the Famagusta District Court and were ordered to be detained for four days. The investigations by the Ayia Napa Police Station and the Larnaca Police Department are ongoing.
Police in Larnaca are investigating an incident where shots were fired at the front windows of a local coffee shop. No one was injured during the episode. The shots were fired by a hooded perpetrator with a pistol, aiming at the glass windows to cause intimidation rather than to injure anyone.
Fact: 29-year-old Indian national Arun Kumar died in a collision between a lorry and the motorbike he was riding in Larnaca.
A 26-year-old man was arrested by the Police in Limassol to assist in an ongoing investigation of serious bodily harm inflicted in February. The man was driving a vehicle with a 32-year-old co-driver when they were stopped by the police after a pursuit. The driver was found with heroin in his possession and was arrested for drug possession, while the co-driver was arrested for unlawful presence in Cyprus. Further investigations revealed a pending warrant for the driver’s arrest related to the February 2024 case of bodily harm. The Limassol CID is handling the investigation.
Four people in Limassol were remanded for seven days on suspicion of drug trafficking. The suspects included three men aged 21, 19, and 22, as well as a 20-year-old woman.
Fact: Head of the police branch of Isotita trade union Nikos Loizides received a threatening letter from police chief Stelios Papatheodorou for disclosing internal police matters and using offensive language in televised interviews.
An order was issued by the District Court of Larnaca to freeze six plots of land, which were unlawfully transferred from deceased Turkish Cypriots to natural and legal persons. The freezing order represents a significant step in the ongoing investigation by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Larnaca. The case involves alleged falsification of documents by a group of Greek Cypriots to appropriate the frozen property, with potential involvement of officials from the Larnaca Land Registry. The investigation also looks into the role of a former lawyer who has been removed from the Pan-Cypriot Bar Association register. The alleged crimes took place in February and were discovered when an individual tried to secure a payment certificate from the community authority of Pyrga. The police are currently investigating the case.
Fact: Police did not have a search warrant before entering the fifth-floor apartment where the Bangladeshi nationals were living.
Two people aged 43 and 44 were arrested in Limassol for acquiring a driver’s license through false representations. The police found forged documents in a package from a foreign country at a courier company, leading to the arrest of the two individuals. They are currently in custody awaiting their remand order.