Police arrested a 40-year-old man on the spot after finding him inside a Limassol jewellery shop on Thursday night with burglary tools and gold jewellery. Inquiries later produced evidence that the jewellery had been stolen from the same shop in a break-in the previous week.
Police were tipped off shortly before 11.30pm about a possible break-in, with the suspect still inside. Officers from the Limassol Crime Prevention Unit went to the shop and found the man in the building.
The tools and jewellery were in a bag he was carrying. When officers searched it, he did not give a satisfactory explanation for having them. He resisted arrest but was taken into custody.
The earlier break-in took place sometime between September 17 and 18 and was reported to police on September 18. The shop has been closed for the past six years, and the value of the items found on the man has not yet been assessed.
Limassol CID is continuing the investigation.
