The Paphos District Court issued a five-day detention order against a 23-year-old man, whose vehicle was immobilised following a chase in Chloraka and for whom it was established that a warrant for arrest for burglary was pending against him, in order to facilitate interrogations.
According to Pafos Assistant Police Director Michalis Ioannou, today at 03:30 members of the Pafos Crime Prevention Unit were on motorized patrol in the Chlorakas area when they noticed a vehicle moving at a very low speed, raising the suspicions of the police officer. Additional patrols were called to the scene to intercept the vehicle, after a police officer's signal to stop for a check, the vehicle did not stop and started gaining speed to escape.
Subsequently, the vehicle in question allegedly drove recklessly and dangerously, while the driver, who was wearing a black hoodie, ran red lights and one-way streets to evade arrest. After a chase, the vehicle was eventually stopped in Chloraka after it struck another vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle tried to run away, but the officers followed him and eventually managed to immobilize him.After his arrest, the suspect apologized to members of the force.
Further police investigations revealed that the suspect was a 23-year-old, a permanent resident of Paphos, against whom a warrant was pending for his arrest for a burglary committed last February at an aesthetics institute in Chloraka.
This particular burglary after a study of the closed circuit surveillance, it was found, as Mr. Ioannou said, that it was done with a second person aged 19 who was arrested in the previous days. A case was registered against the 19-year-old in Court on 15.2.22, and pending the arrest of the 23-year-old, which was achieved in the early hours of the morning.
Since then, the 23-year-old was also wanted for this burglary. According to Mr. Ioannou, during the search of the vehicle driven by the 23-year-old, it was found that there was also a quantity of drugs, a knife and other items for which the alleged suspect could not provide satisfactory explanations.
The 23-year-old was placed under 5-day detention for the offences of conspiracy to commit a felony, burglary of a building and theft, knifing, unlawful possession of property, resisting lawful arrest, assaulting police officers, unlawful possession of drugs and various traffic violations, among others. Investigations are continuing by the Paphos CID.
Source: CNA
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