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.
Police are investigating a case of web fraud worth €135,000, where a 58-year-old man reported being conned after transferring money to buy shares in a company promising big profits.
Authorities are close to completing an investigation into how Malaysian fugitive Jho Low obtained Cypriot citizenship in 2015. Low, wanted for allegedly embezzling billions from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, acquired a Cypriot passport through the country’s citizenship by investment program. The investigation involves an international arrest warrant and the potential confiscation of a villa Low purchased in Ayia Napa. Despite initial delays, Low’s citizenship was revoked in May 2023, leading to an appeal filed with the Supreme Court. Low denies wrongdoing and his whereabouts are unknown.
The police are handing over the case file regarding a horde of weapons found at a cemetery in Oroklini to the Legal Service.
A 30-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport in connection with a police investigation into a migrant smuggling ring. He is the fifth person to be arrested, with the other four being arrested in Limassol and Paphos in January. The man had arrived from another European country. The investigation is ongoing.
Police are awaiting information from Europol, Interpol, and Russian authorities to identify the sender of a threatening email sent to schools. The email was not specifically written for Cyprus and appears to have been translated online. The sender is from a foreign country, not Cyprus, and the email address may have been appropriated by a third party. The ultimate goal of the investigation is to pinpoint the sender.
A 23-year-old driver was remanded in custody for four days after running over and killing a 77-year-old woman in the village of Kokkinotrimithia. The driver initially left the scene but later turned himself in to the police. The cause of the woman’s death will be determined at an autopsy, and the police investigation is ongoing.
Fact: A 19-year-old male was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with three car thefts that took place between November and December last year.
Fact: Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettou has been accused of unlawfully securing a €765,000 European grant for a hotel renovation project in which he held a stake.
After 19 years of investigations, a judge ruled that the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in September 2005 was not the result of suicide.