Suspect extradited from Greece

A TAXI driver suspected of abandoning the country to avoid facing burglary charges was yesterday flown in from Greece under police guard.

Loizos Constantinou, 43 from Strovolos in Nicosia, is expected to appear before Nicosia District court today. He left the country last year and was arrested by Greek police over the weekend and held at Athens’ Koridalos prison pending extradition to Cyprus.

He is suspected of involvement in the theft of £19,500 worth of air conditioners from Nicosia warehouse.

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