Man arrested for spate of burglaries in Paphos

Paphos police on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of committing various offences including burglaries, a car theft and causing malicious damage.

Four residents of Paphos filed complaints to police about crimes committed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A 68-year-old man said his home was burgled and a mobile phone, some money and his car were stolen on Tuesday.

Another person reported a lawn mower was stolen from a storeroom in his yard.

A third told police about the burglary of a sewing factory, also located in Paphos, from where various electronic devices were taken.

Yet another man, the owner of a gun shop, said a man came to his house and demanded to be sold a shotgun on Wednesday morning. When he refused, the unknown perpetrator allegedly went to the shop which is next to the house and damaged the wooden door, trying to open it by force using tools.

According to the statement, the man left when he did not manage to enter the shop.

He returned a little later driving a pickup van, which he allegedly crashed into the display case of the building before leaving in an unknown direction.

A police investigation revealed the vehicle was the one stolen from the 68-year-old man the night before. The van was later found abandoned in an open area in Paphos.

Evidence pointed to the involvement of a 26-year-old resident of Paphos who was arrested under a warrant at his home on Wednesday afternoon.