In a statement to philenews on Thursday, Limassol Police said that the two persons arrested at the Ercan airport in the occupied north are not connected with the murder case of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, despite reports in the Greek and Turkish Cypriot press.
The Limassol Crime Investigation Department (CID) added that the Technical Committee on Crime and Criminal Matters (TCCCM) had not received any briefing regarding the arrests.
Earlier on Thursday, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Haber Kibris reported that ‘authorities’ in the occupied north arrested two men on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Kalogeropoulos, while they were trying to flee Cyprus via a private jet through Ercan airport.
Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, 54, was gunned down by two men, in broad daylight near Yermasoyia beach on October 30.
Cyprus Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the case.
According to information, Kalogeropoulos was due to testify in two unsolved murder cases from the past decade.
Police are investigating the case.
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