Arrests for alleged theft

TWO foreign nationals were yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection what appears to be a string of burglaries and theft of electrical and electronic equipment, cash and jewellery.

Police arrested the two – a man from Pakistan, 31, and his 32-year-old Romanian wife – after a pensioner reported seeing someone coming out of his home holding a blanket.

The 68-year-old told police that a safe containing cash and valuable had not been broken into but a large number of jewellery had been stolen from the bedroom.

Police managed to locate a car they believed had been used by the suspect who was found living in Nicosia with his wife.

In their flat, police said they found a large number of electrical and electronic appliances, jewellery and other valuables as well as cash from various countries.

Police said the suspects claimed the items belonged to a third individual who lived with them in the past few months.

 

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