Suspected Chlorakas church burglars remanded for 5 days

Two individuals, who allegedly broke into a church were remanded for five days, the Paphos District Court decided on Thursday.

According to the Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, the pair, a 33-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman, were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday for the burglary at a church.

Nikolaou said that at around 3am officers on patrol in Chlorakas spotted an empty parked vehicle considered suspicious.

At some point, the above persons emerged from the courtyard of an adjacent church.

In the search that followed burglary tools were found in the vehicle, as well as various items, such as an electric scooter and power tools, for which the persons in question did not provide adequate explanation.

In a subsequent check of the church’s premises, tools were found, as well as evidence of tampering with the church’s wooden door.

The two were arrested for possession of burglary tools and illegal possession of property and remanded for five days by court.

Paphos CID continues the investigation.