Thieves make off with €22,000 in string of burglaries

A STRING of burglaries in Nicosia on Friday have netted the perpetrators some €22,000, it was reported yesterday.

According to police, thieves broke into three homes, one of them between 8pm and 10 pm on Friday, stealing jewellery worth around €20,000.

At the same time an 83-year-old reported to police that burglars stole a 250-kilogram safe from his home, which contained only personal documents.

In the third incident a 32-year-old woman told police that jewellery and other objects worth €2,000 were stolen from her home.

Nicosia CID are examining forensic evidence collected from the scenes.

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