Paphos court remanded for four days three people over the illegal possession of over 96,000 firecrackers.

Police arrested the three after uncovering a stash of 96,140 firecrackers in a wooded area of Paphos when, shortly after 1 pm on Sunday, they spotted three men unloading boxes from two cars.

They found a total of 10 cardboard boxes containing firecrackers in the first car, driven by a 34-year-old man, and another 52 boxes in the second car, driven by a 31-year-old with a 23-year-old passenger.

Additionally the 34-year-old was found with a shoulder bag containing over €3,000 in cash, for which he did not adequate explanation.