The young Akıncılar smuggler up to his old tricks :(
Posted: Sat 05 Jan 2013 12:18 pm
Most of us well remember the incident in early October where three GC policemen chased a young man, they suspected of smuggling, into his northside village of Akıncılar. The three GC policemen were charged on a number of counts, the most serious being that they were carrying firearms into a TC military zone. The incident and subsequent court cases lead to increased tensions between the two communities, including daily protests at Metehan.
http://www.kibkom.com/forum/en/viewtopi ... 983#p14983
At the time many of us felt the young man should have been questioned more for his actions. What was he doing southside for the police to chase him in the first place? Sadly, it would appear that the TC authorities felt the young man was the innocent party in that incident
Just three months after that incident, according to http://www.gundemkibris.com/coskun-alas ... 48025h.htm that “young man", 19-year-old Coşkun Alaslan, has been up to old tricks again, but this time has actually been arrested ... for stealing and smuggling sheep from the south. He, along with seven others, are to appear in court in Mağusa today.
According to the report Alaslan is suspected of stealing the sheep and then selling them to northside villagers ... his co-defendants are charged with assisting Alaslan in the “redistribution” of the sheep. The report also writes that the police are still searching stables for 200 of the stolen sheep, but apparently have recovered 60 of them ... in Girne's Boğaz, Tirmen and Gönendere.
For some time the GC press has been reporting a story of a GC shepherd (are they still called shepherds?) who was knocked unconscious and had his sheep stolen.
This Alaslan would seem to be a very unpleasant young man: His actions only three months ago caused TC/GC relations to deteriorate to their worst in years ... and then this. If it can be proven that he did indeed assault the GC shepherd, causing him to lose consciousness, then I feel Alaslan should have a severe custodial sentence ... preferably in a southside prison ...
http://www.kibkom.com/forum/en/viewtopi ... 983#p14983
At the time many of us felt the young man should have been questioned more for his actions. What was he doing southside for the police to chase him in the first place? Sadly, it would appear that the TC authorities felt the young man was the innocent party in that incident
Just three months after that incident, according to http://www.gundemkibris.com/coskun-alas ... 48025h.htm that “young man", 19-year-old Coşkun Alaslan, has been up to old tricks again, but this time has actually been arrested ... for stealing and smuggling sheep from the south. He, along with seven others, are to appear in court in Mağusa today.
According to the report Alaslan is suspected of stealing the sheep and then selling them to northside villagers ... his co-defendants are charged with assisting Alaslan in the “redistribution” of the sheep. The report also writes that the police are still searching stables for 200 of the stolen sheep, but apparently have recovered 60 of them ... in Girne's Boğaz, Tirmen and Gönendere.
For some time the GC press has been reporting a story of a GC shepherd (are they still called shepherds?) who was knocked unconscious and had his sheep stolen.
This Alaslan would seem to be a very unpleasant young man: His actions only three months ago caused TC/GC relations to deteriorate to their worst in years ... and then this. If it can be proven that he did indeed assault the GC shepherd, causing him to lose consciousness, then I feel Alaslan should have a severe custodial sentence ... preferably in a southside prison ...