€130,000 in cash and jewellery stolen from Russian couple’s home

THIEVES broke into a Limassol home belonging to a Russian couple and made off with some €130,000 in cash and jewellery, police said yesterday.

The couple who are permanent residents, noticed the burglary when they returned to their home in the upmarket Lefkothea area on Thursday evening.

Police said the perpetrators gained entry through an aluminum window on the ground floor.

The luxury house has been recently renovated and the alarm system and security cameras had not been activated yet.

They went to the bedroom and used a crowbar to open the metal safe, which is fixed on cement in a cupboard.

The burglars stole €101,000 in €500 bills, a phone worth €6,500 and sundry expensive jewellery.

Limassol CID chief Yiannis Georgiou suggested that the burglars knew what was in the safe and had staked out the house before acting when the residents were out.

Georgiou said investigators are looking in all directions and numerous individuals including people who are linked to the couple will be questioned.

The cash and valuables were not insured.

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