The Police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an investigation into a case of illegal possession and storage of explosives.
Before the arrest and securing a court warrant, the Police carried out an investigation of the young man’s home in Paphos, where the following explosives were found and received as evidence:
- 10 improvised explosive cylindrical metal objects (pipes).
- 2 improvised explosive cylindrical metal objects (factory-type fire extinguishers).
- 2 empty factory fire extinguishers.
- 3 transparent bags containing white powder (potassium).
Following examinations by an explosives expert of the Paphos Police Department, it was found that all 12 cylindrical metal objects contained an improvised mixture of gunpowder.
The 22-year-old man was taken into custody to facilitate the interrogations.
The Paphos CID is continuing the investigations.
