Two arrested for illegally transferring Turkish Cypriot property

TWO LIMASSOL men and a woman were yesterday arrested in connection with an illegal land transfer of Turkish Cypriot property worth €3.5 million.

According to reports on CyBC the woman, who has been an employee at the Limassol land registry office for the past three years, transferred three plots of land in Polemidia to two Greek Cypriot men in the last 10 days. The land originally belonged to Turkish Cypriots, but the woman allegedly made the transfer without ever asking permission from the Guardian of Turkish Cypriot Properties.

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