Police on Monday arrested a man in connection with a case of forgery, circulating a forged document, impersonation, assaulting a police officer, resisting lawful arrest and carrying a weapon.
This 39-year-old man was taken into custody to facilitate investigations after Limassol police on patrol checked suspicious persons gathered in an open area in the city.
The 39-year-old presented an identity card bearing a false name and showed an officers waiting for a background check while attempting to escape, as a result of which he was arrested for evident offences.
In a physical search the 39-year-old was found in possession of a knife and two credit cards with his real information.
Subsequently, he was re-arrested for the offenses of impersonation, forgery, circulating a forged document and carrying a knife.
Further investigation revealed that the mans was blacklisted as a prohibited immigrant since 2016, and had three arrest warrants pending for cases of residential burglary, conspiracy to commit a felony, robbery and assault against a police officer from 2017.
Police checked a second person at the same site, determining the man had two outstanding fine warrants. Police arrested the second man released him after payment was secured.
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