Two robberies last night in Nicosia

NewsTwo robberies were committed last night in Nicosia by strangers, with the robbers stealing in one case the amount of 11.759 euros from the owner of a money transfer office abroad and in the second the amount of 2.700 euros from a betting agency…

Specifically, as a representative of the Press Office of the Police stated to KYPE, around 20.50 it was reported by a resident of Engomi in Nicosia that around 20.00, while he was outside the residence of the unknown man, height 1,75 meters, slender, 20 with About 25 years old, who was wearing a hood on his head, pushed him from behind, causing him to fall to the ground.

He then snatched a nylon bag containing the amount of 11.759 euros, which were various transactions since the victim maintains a money transfer office abroad. The perpetrator then escaped in a saloon vehicle driving another person in an unknown direction. Police conducted investigations in the surrounding area without finding anything.

Besides, around 22.20, two unknown men entered a betting agency located on Onassagorou Street, in old Nicosia, and after one of them offered a shotgun to the employee of the agency, they withdrew the amount of 2.700 euros from different funds. Then, pedestrians escaped in an unknown direction. Police continue investigations to locate the perpetrators.

Source: KYPE