Police are searching for a 22-year-old man over the theft of five hunting dogs worth a total of 7,500 euros from a field in Limassol district, and are investigating information that he may have taken the animals to the occupied north.
The dogs’ 41-year-old owner reported the theft to Pachna police station on Wednesday. The animals were taken from a field in the Agios Therapon community area, according to his complaint.
Evidence against the 22-year-old, a Turkish Cypriot who lives in Paphos district, emerged during police inquiries.
Police are trying to find and arrest him and to locate the dogs.
