Escaped convict recaptured

LARNACA police re-arrested a 24-year-old Bulgarian man yesterday who had escaped from the Nicosia Central Prisons in December.

 “It was confirmed that he had escaped from the central prisons on December 22, 2011 and was serving a two-year sentence for breaking into a property as well as theft,” said police spokesman Andreas Angelides.

They also arrested a second man, also Bulgarian, for illegally entering the country, after he had been deported.

Both men were arrested along the Kiti road in Larnaca, after a tip-off.

According to Angelides, police seized laptops, jewellery, perfume, video cameras and various tools used during a search of the suspects’ homes.

The 24-year-old also admitted to another two break-ins and thefts in Xylofagou.

 

 

 

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