The Police arrested two persons, men aged 31 and 21 years old, to facilitate the interrogations in connection with an investigated case of assisting illegal entry into the territory of the Republic. The two suspects were spotted by members of the Police, transporting with their car, two other persons, who allegedly entered the territory of the Republic illegally.
Specifically, around 8.30 last night, members of the Larnaca Police Directorate, noticed two persons, who had travel luggage with them, at a point in the Larnaca district, near the occupied areas. Police members remained at the spot for checking and 30 minutes later they noticed the two suspects approaching the spot by car, picking up the other two persons and heading towards Larnaca.
After the vehicle was intercepted by the Police members, it was found that the driver was a 31-year-old man and the passenger was a 21-year-old man, while the passengers were a man and a woman aged 30 and 24 respectively, third country nationals.
After the vehicle was intercepted by the Police members, it was found that the driver was a 31-year-old man and the passenger was a 21-year-old man, while the passengers were a man and a woman aged 30 and 24 respectively, third country nationals. As it subsequently transpired, the 30-year-old man and 24-year-old woman had arrived in the occupied areas of the Republic in the previous days and yesterday they were taken by another person, in the free areas, to the place where they were picked up by the two suspects, in order to take them to a police station where they would apply for asylum.
According to the 30-year-old and 24-year-old, they allegedly, while in their country, paid the sums of €5,000 and €3,000 respectively, to a compatriot, in order to arrange their transfer to Cyprus, with the money paid covering the payment of the two suspects.
Arrest warrants were issued against the two suspects, pursuant to which they were arrested and detained for the purposes of police investigations. As for the 30-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, their transfer to a Refugee Accommodation Centre has been arranged.
Larnaca CID is continuing the examinations.
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