Police made multiple arrests across the country of people carrying firecrackers and other pyrotechnic paraphernalia on Easter Saturday.
One 18-year-old man was arrested near the Ayia Marina church in Limassol after a bag containing 1,807 industrial firecrackers was found in his car boot. He was accused in writing and will be summoned to court at a later date.
Meanwhile, in the Strovolos area of Nicosia, police found a total of 11 firework launchers and 115 firecrackers in a car which was leaving a school. The car’s driver, a 19-year-old man, was also arrested and accused in writing.
In Larnaca, police found a total of 40 firecrackers and two fireworks in a car driven by a 42-year-old woman and found 80 firecrackers and two fireworks in a car driven by a 49-year-old man.
Both drivers were taken to the police station, where they were interrogated, before being accused in writing.
Meanwhile, in Paphos, a 21-year-old man was stopped by police while walking near a church. He was found to have 17 industrial firecrackers on his person and was arrested. He was also accused in writing.
