Handbag thief

A 62-YEAR-OLD woman from Nicosia reported having her handbag snatched from her car while she was stopped at traffic lights.

According to the woman, she had been driving her car in the early afternoon on Friday through the capital when she stopped at a red light. Suddenly, a man opened her passenger’s seat door, grabbed her handbag and ran off.

The 62-year-old’s handbag was found by a member of the public a few hours later and handed over to the police, though around €1,410 had been stolen.

Nicosia CID is investigating the case.

 

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