Technology proved decisive in the arrest of two known burglars, who were tracked down and detained just before leaving Cyprus following what police describe as extensive criminal activity.
The Famagusta Police announced the arrest of a 51-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman to facilitate investigations into a series of night-time burglaries and thefts. The arrests followed a complaint lodged by a 37-year-old man, who reported that his home in Protaras had been broken into and that cash and two pairs of AirPods, with a total value of about €900, had been stolen.
Police said that signals emitted by the stolen AirPods led investigators to a specific area in Ayia Napa, enabling them to identify the two suspects. Based on this information, arrest warrants were secured, and the pair were detained on Thursday afternoon, 16 April, at Paphos airport shortly before their departure from the island.
They were taken to the offices of the Famagusta Criminal Investigation Department for questioning, where investigations indicated that both are allegedly involved in four additional cases of burglaries and thefts committed between 14 and 16 April 2026 in the Protaras area.
Police also established that the suspects had arrived in Cyprus on 12 April and were staying in a villa in the area. Further inquiries revealed that the 51-year-old man is also allegedly linked to another 10 cases of night-time burglaries and thefts carried out in 2023 and 2025 in Paralimni, mainly targeting villas and holiday homes.
The two suspects appeared before the Famagusta District Court on Friday, which issued a seven-day remand order. Investigators are continuing efforts to locate stolen property from earlier burglaries, mainly cash and electrical and electronic devices, while also examining whether the suspects may be connected to other similar cases.