A 23-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, under suspicion of illegally possessing thousands of firecrackers, police said.

According to police, the man was found to be in possession of 1,980 firecrackers at his home in Limassol.

The man was arrested in the Ypsonas area at 10.35am.

During the investigations, police found a wooden box filled with 99 boxes with 20 firecrackers each.