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Carrefour takings stolen on way to bank

16/05/12
A 38-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with stealing €123,000 worth of takings from the supermarket Carrefour on Monday morning in Nicosia.According to police, a security firm employee was transporting the takings to the bank to deposit them when he stopped at a kiosk. However when he came out of the kiosk he realised that the passenger seat window of the car was smashed and four out of the five bags with the takings had been stolen.Police sources said they have a witness testimony that the suspect somewhere in the Strovolos area handed the money over to someone who was getting into a car at the time... 3 comments

Armed robbery at co-op

12/05/12
AN ARMED robbery took place yesterday morning at a co-op in Ypsonas, Limassol, as two thieves escaped with over €6,000.According to Limassol CID head Yiannis Georgiou, the thieves, who worse helmets, pulled up outside the co-op on a motorcycle. One of them then entered wielding a rifle and demanded money from the till. The employee filled the bag with €6300.Reports say that the thief was speaking in a Cypriot dialect.Later, a motorcycle was found on fire in an underpass along the Limassol-Paphos motorway, which police suspect could be the bike driven by the thieves. Further investigations revealed that the bike was reported stolen on April 17. Burnt clothes were also found in the underpass believed to belong to the thieves... 3 comments

Kiosk robbery

11/05/12
A THIEF made away with €950 yesterday after robbing a Larnaca kiosk at knifepoint. According to police, the man entered the shop with his face covered  at around 3am and brandishing a knife, he ordered the employee to hand over the takings... 4 comments

Nicosia robbery

08/05/12
AN armed robber made away with loot worth over €8,000 after robbing a pre-paid telephone card shop in Nicosia on Sunday.According to police, at around 6.30pm, a man with his face covered, entered the shop holding a gun and after striking the 47-year-old female owner on the head, he grabbed a black bag containing €6,600 cash and phone cards worth €2,800. He fled in an unknown direction.The owner was treated in Accidents and Emergencies and released on the same day.Witnesses said the culprit was of medium build, around 1.80m tall and was wearing beige clothes along with a cap. ... 4 comments

Supermarket owner robbed of €17,000

06/05/12
TWO individuals assaulted a Nicosia supermarket owner and robbed him of around €17,000, police said yesterday.The 31-year-old owner had just closed his business in the Nicosia suburb of Latsia on Friday night when he was assaulted on the way to his car by the two hooded robbers who stole the day’s proceeds.The owner was treated in hospital for injuries to the head and face.Police said they were trying to track down the perpetrators based on information given by the 31-year-old.Police spokesman Andreas Angelides made a general plea to the public to provide any information they have on crime. ... 5 comments

Domestic worker flees with loot

03/05/12
POLICE suspect a domestic worker to be involved in the theft of €108,000 worth of jewellery from a home in Limassol.The 64-year-old owner kept the jewellery hidden behind the fridge.According to the owner, the robbery occurred over the last two months and the domestic worker, who is no longer employed, was the only one that knew where the jewellery was hidden. She also had a spare key to his property.“From the tests that CID officers have conducted it has been determined that the apartment was not broken into and all suspicions are directed at the domestic worker,” said Limassol police spokesman Yiannakis Georgiou, adding that they believe that she has already left the island... 1 comment

Foiled burglary

01/05/12
A WOULD-BE thief attacked a 79-year-old woman and her domestic helper on Sunday night in Limassol during a burglary that went wrong. According to police, the suspect, who was wearing sunglasses and a hood, broke into the woman’s house at around 10pm and began rifling around in her bedroom. When she realised what was happening she shouted for help but the thief he hit her in the face. Her domestic helper, who attempted to come to the woman’s aid, was also hit. The shouts were heard by a next door neighbour who arrived on the scene, causing the thief to flee, only to be arrested by a police officer who lives close by... 1 comment

Remand for youths implicated in spate of robberies

20/04/12
THREE youths, 18, 20 and 21 were remanded for eight days by Limassol District Court yesterday in connection with a robbery carried out during the early hours of the same day.The 18 and 20-year-olds also admitted to another eight robberies and attempted robberies in bakeries and kiosks in Limassol between February 24 and April 17.According to police, in yesterday’s incident, two of them entered a kiosk wielding a crowbar and an axe which they used to threaten the 36-year-old employee. They managed to escape with €120 from the till along with cartons of cigarettes, pay-as-you-go mobile phone cards and scratch cards worth €519... 1 comment

Thieves steal church doors and windows

19/04/12
THIEVES stole aluminium doors and windows from a church in Larnaca on Tuesday night only a few days after the building’s facilities were blasted by firecrackers.Church staff saw thieves steal the aluminium doors and windows and collect metal objects in the area surrounding the church, which is a refugee settlement, Larnaca Press Agency said.In the early hours of Easter Sunday some people placed factory-made crackers in the church’s lavatories, damaging the inside door and outside door, which was stolen on Tuesday night... 4 comments

Thieves steal day's holdings

19/04/12
TWO HOODED men made off with €11,600 in takings after attacking a restaurant’s employees just before closing time on Tuesday night. Just 25 minutes after midnight, two hooded men entered the restaurant in Engomi and attacked two employees with clubs before stealing €11,600. In their rush to get away, the robbers dropped an envelope with around €2,000 inside, which police picked up. Police are investigating the case after collecting evidence from the scene of the crime. ... 3 comments
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