Robbery suspects remanded

TWO TEENAGERS were remanded for eight days yesterday on suspicion of stealing £14,500 worth of Cypriot and foreign banknotes at knifepoint from a bureau de change in the tourist area of Kato Paphos on Tuesday.

The two teenagers from Yeroskipou, aged 17 and 19, are alleged to have covered their faces with khaki hoods and burst into the exchange centre in Poseidonos Avenue at around 6.45pm andforced the proprietor to hand over the cash at knifepoint.

Police arrested the two less than five hours later.

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