The arrest of a 38-year-old man from Bulgaria was carried out on the morning of 6/1/23 by members of the Lakatamia police station against whom an arrest warrant was pending for the theft of catalyst from the car of a 56-year-old woman committed on 6/12/22 in Paralimni.
Specifically, on 6/12/22, a 56-year-old woman from Paralimni reported to the Paralimni police station that on the same day unknown person(s) cut off and stole the catalytic converter from her car.
At the time in question, her vehicle was parked in an open parking lot opposite a supermarket where the 56-year-old works as an employee.
An assessment of closed circuit video surveillance captured the movements of a suspicious vehicle of a specific description bearing Z rental plates.
In the context of investigating the case and searching for evidence, it was established that the suspect vehicle was rented from a vehicle rental office in Larnaca for the period 15-22/11/22 to the 38-year-old from Bulgaria and did not return it. During the arrest of the 38-year-old man, he was found sleeping in the suspect vehicle, which he was found to be using to sleep.
On the same day, the 38-year-old was re-arrested by the Paralimni police station on the basis of a court warrant as a suspect for the commission of another 7 cases of catalytic converter theft committed between the months of September-December 2022 in Paralimni, while on 7/1/23 he was brought before the Famagusta District Court which was meeting in Larnaca and a detention order was secured against him for a period of 6 days.
The Paralimni Police Station investigated.