35-year-old fugitive: Frangiskou is one of the most dangerous in Cyprus

He had tried to shoot a police officer

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Raja Frangiskou, 35, seems to have a difficult past, the man who managed to escape from a private vehicle of an Agia Skepi official. We remind had been transferred there to join a detox program the last four months, however decided to quit voluntarily and return to Central Prison after serving a 10-year prison sentence for drugs.

Authorities, according to sources, consider him as the most dangerous criminal on the island, at the moment due to his aggravated past.

Its location, however, has not yet been achieved although the authorities continue to search for him.

His heavy… biography

It even seems that 35-year-old Francisco was going to shoot even a police officer, however, for the good fortune of the member of the Force, his weapon got stuck and in the end he did not succeed. The incident took place in 2009.

Also, the 35-year-old re-engaged the Authorities with other cases as well as on drugs, while in 2020 he was located and arrested after a large operation of YKAN for a case of prohibited substances weighing more than 7 kg. For the latter case, he was sentenced in October 2020 to 10 years in prison, which he served until recently, he was transferred to a therapeutic community, at his own request, to follow a mandatory detoxification program. For the purposes of the treatment plan, the prison sentence imposed on him had been suspended by a court decree.

The escape

The 35-year-old convict managed to escape while being led to the place where he was being held in Nicosia and while riding in a vehicle of an official of Agia Skepi.

Specifically, around 11:15 on Thursday morning (4/11) while riding in the private vehicle driven by a member of the therapeutic community, at the point of their route, despite the junction of the Limassol-Nicosia highway with Athalassa Avenue and Limassol Avenue , at the entrance of Nicosia, got out of the vehicle, which was stopped at the traffic lights "Good evening" and fled, violating the terms of the suspension of his prison sentence and the mandatory detoxification and treatment program.

Since then, the authorities are conducting investigations to locate him, while his details have already been placed in the stop-list.

Photos and data published by the Police

The photo and details of a 35-year-old man, who is wanted in connection with a case of escape from legal detention, are published by the Police, in order to collect information that can help locate him.

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This is Raja Francisco, born in 1986, against whom an arrest warrant has been issued for police purposes.

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Anyone who knows anything that can help in locating the wanted suspect, please contact the Nicosia Police Department, the telephone number 22-802222 or the Citizens' Line, the telephone number 1460 or the nearest Police Station.

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