The Police deny any connection between the 2 arrested in the occupied territories and the murders of Kalogeropoulos-Mavromichalis

The Police neither know nor requested the extradition of the two persons who were handcuffed to the occupied territories as suspects in the Kalogeropoulos-Mavromichalis murders – They are not related, the Police say – One was in custody when Kalogeropoulos was murdered, the other arrived after the two crimes

He neither requested the extradition of persons from the so-called authorities of the pseudo-state through the competent bi-communal crime commission, nor does he know anything in relation to the two persons who were “arrested” in the occupied territories and in particular at the illegal airport.

The news that was published exclusively on the Turkish Cypriot website Haber Kibris, is not confirmed by the Police of the Republic and there is currently at least no knowledge of the reasons for the arrest of the two and certainly not why the Turkish Cypriot press is linking the two persons to the two murders of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos and Alexis Mavromichalis.

Specifically, the Turkish Cypriot website writes that “two men, allegedly involved in the murders of Kalogeropoulos and Mavromichalis, tried to escape from the illegal airport of the occupied Tymbou yesterday in a private jet, but were noticed by the “police” and “were arrested, they were interrogated, taken to the central prisons” in the pseudo-state and there is contact with the Authorities of the Republic on the matter, through the UN”.

In fact, in the publication, there is talk of “Polish-Russian connections” of the two persons.

Haber Kibris adds that the objects found in the possession of the two persons have been received as evidence and there is communication with the Police of the Republic of Cyprus through the UN, which is also not confirmed.

What does the Cyprus Police say?

According to the indications so far, it does not appear that the two men arrested in the occupied territories have anything to do with the murders of Kalogeropoulos and Mavromichalis, Police Spokesman Christos Andreou told KYPE, stating that one of the two arrested in the occupied territories, a holder of a German passport , in Poland he is wanted in Poland he is wanted, while for the second man the Police do not have any evidence or file against him.

Mr. Andreou explained that on October 28, a person of German origin arrived at Larnaca airport, who, based on the Schengen information system, was found to be wanted by the Polish authorities to be brought to trial in connection with various crimes. , such as participation in a criminal organization, money laundering, extorting money under false pretenses and other similar crimes.

This person was also arrested he remained in custody until October 31 whereupon he appeared before the Larnaca District Court, Mr. Andreou continued. The court ordered, in order to initiate extradition proceedings with the Polish authorities, that the suspect be released on conditions such as a cash deposit of 50,000 euros, his details to be put on the stop list, his travel documents to be handed over and to be presented to certain dates at the Germasogeia Police Station (ss: the suspect chose the station).

Mr. Andreou stated that on November 3 this man was supposed to report to the Germasogeia Police Station, but failed to do so. On November 4, he continued, last Saturday, information was received from the bicommunal liaison office (of the Technical Committee on Crime and Criminality) that this person, together with two other persons, tried to travel to Turkey through the illegal airport of occupied Tymbou , using his German ID. There, the Police Spokesman said, it was found that the two men did not have an “entry stamp” into the pseudo-state and they were “arrested”.

Mr. Andreou also noted that following a check by the Police it was established that the second Pole, who was “arrested” in the occupied territories as the person wanted in Poland, came to Cyprus on November 2 from Larnaca airport.

According to KYPE information, there were three “arrests” at the illegal airport of the occupied Tymbou, as together with the wanted in Poland holder of a German passport, in addition to the one who was “arrested” with him, there was also a woman, who was not arrested detained by the “police” in the occupied territories and not sent to “prisons”, as was done with the other two who face the charge of illegal entry into the pseudo-state.