Woman arrested on suspicion of burglary

Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman after they searched her and found two grammes of cannabis in her possession as she tried to visit someone being held at Paphos police station, they said.

Officers later searched her home and said they found a bag with around 45 pieces of jewellery in, two precision scales with traces of cannabis on it, 8.5 grammes of cannabis and €1,240 in cash.

The items were identified by a woman who had recently been burgled police said. Three Greek Cypriots and a young woman from a European country had recently been arrested for the same crime.

The police have not ruled out that the group could be connected to other burglaries that have taken place in Paphos recently.

In a separate case, police stopped a car being driven by a 19-year-old Cypriot man at around 9.45pm on Thursday and found various pieces of jewellery including two watches, six gold coins, a cold ring and a golden medallion.

He was questioned about the items but did not give satisfactory answers according to police and was arrested.

Paphos CID is investigating both cases.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.