Man makes off with him €75,000 worth of filming equipment

POLICE are on the lookout for a man who managed to fool an electrical appliances company in Lakatamia into giving him €75,000 worth of filming equipment, before disappearing into thin air.

According to the police, the man in question had pretended to work for a foreign movie production team and convinced the shop owner to provide him with professional equipment, including two cameras, which weren’t insured.

It was only after the con artist left the shop – with the equipment – that the owner realised the personal details he had been given were wrong and he had fallen victim to a scam.

The owner immediately notified Nicosia Police Headquarters, which launched an investigation.

However, the only hope of finding the goods is if police locate it in luggage as the man – believed to be of Asian descent – departs from Cyprus. The island’s airports and checkpoints’ customs have been notified.

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