Cases of robbery, carrying weapons to incite terror and attempted theft, committed last night in the province of Famagusta, are being investigated by the Police. In order to facilitate the investigations, members of the Police, proceeded at dawn today to arrest a 27-year-old.
The robbery case was reported by a 29-year-old woman who lives in an apartment complex in Ayia Napa. According to the complaint, around 8.40:29 p.m. yesterday, an unknown man knocked on the door of the complainant's apartment. After the XNUMX-year-old woman opened the door, the stranger entered her apartment and, under the threat of a knife, allegedly took money from her bag.
According to the complainant, the perpetrator then allegedly forced her into his car and took her to an automatic bank machine. There, the perpetrator allegedly, also at knifepoint, forced her to withdraw cash, which he took from her.
A little later, a 37-year-old resident of Ayia Napa reported to the Police that around 11.10:XNUMX p.m. yesterday, two persons unknown to him, riding in a certain car, tried to steal his jet ski, which was parked outside his house, without succeeding.
A little after midnight, the Police received information about a car driving suspiciously in the area of Ayia Napa. Members of the Police went to the area, where around 1.40 am. today, they located and stopped for control, the vehicle in question. The car was similar to the description of the vehicle that the two perpetrators of the attempted theft were in, which the 37-year-old had reported earlier.
The driver of the vehicle was found to be a 27-year-old man. After an investigation, the sum of €924 was found in his possession, for which the 27-year-old did not provide sufficient explanations as to how he came to be in his possession, as a result of which he was arrested for the unprovoked offense of illegal possession of property.
From further examinations, testimony emerged against the 27-year-old, in relation to the robbery case, which the 29-year-old had reported.
The 27-year-old was taken into custody, while within the day he is expected to be brought before the District Court of Famagusta, for the issuance of a detention order.
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