Shop alarm rang for three hours after robbery

A JEWELLERY store in a mall in Larnaca was burgled at 6am yesterday in the presence of witnesses who did not react or even call the police.

The witnesses, who were enjoying coffee in a nearby shop, stated that they saw two men enter ‘Lefkara Art’ through a side door. The assailants proceeded to take jewellery valued at €150.000 and leave through the same door.

The alarm sounded in the shop and despite the fact it was ringing for three hours the police were not contacted until the owner arrived at 9am.

Police then discovered that the phone lines were disconnected so the alarm would not ring directly at the shop-owner’s home. Valuable traditional Cypriot works of art were left untouched by the thieves.

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