Four more arrests in CY cargo theft

 

FOUR MEN were remanded yesterday after being arrested in connection to the theft of expensive luxury commodities from a Cyprus Airways (CY) air cargo warehouse at the old Larnaca Airport.

Two of the suspects are Cypriot, one is Romanian and the other is Bulgarian. The Larnaca District Court issued a three-day remand for the suspects. Police said the four admitted to being involved in the thefts, but claim that some of the stolen goods were given to them by the men arrested last week in the same investigation.

On November 12, three Romanian brothers and one Bulgarian were arrested and remanded for eight days in connection to the same case. Police had found laptops, cameras, sunglasses, watches and bracelets in the suspects’ homes, theysaid.

It was reported at the time that the value of the stolen goods had not yet been calculated as police believe the gang has been operational for a long time, however a police source yesterday said: “So far we have approximately recovered €20,000 worth of stolen goods.”

Police spokesman Christos Andreou said: “We also arrested a fifth Cypriot man but he was released as there was no evidence against him. At this point three more Cypriot men and a Romanian man are wanted by police.” Andreou said that the police are still carrying out investigations. Last week police Inspector Christodoulos Konsolos that he expected many employees to have been involved in the theft and that the police expected to interview 50 Cyprus Airways employees that could be involved.

 

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