Man arrested for stealing 40,000TL and 120,000TL in a Gonyeli apartment one year after the incident

It has been discovered that a foreigner who was arrested and detained by Turkish Cypriot police after a bank seal was found in his possession in in Gönyeli had been wanted for breaking into a house previously.

The suspect named only as WVN, an African was arrested in Gönyeli on Wednesday, April, 19 and taken to court on Thursday on charges of theft, breaking and entery.

Police in a court statement said the suspect, between the hours of 10:00pm to 10:35pm on Tuesday, April, 18, they found 2 stamps belonging to a bank during a search carried out at the residence of the suspect in Gonyeli regarding a theft issue.

The police stated that they will investigate whether the documents were forged or not.

A further investigation on the matter revealed that between the period of December, 3, 2021 – January, 2, 2022, the suspect had entered an apartment located in Goneyli through the balcony, opened a 2×1 meter sized aluminum sliding glass in the section of the living room of the apartment and entered a bedroom where he took 40,000TL cash he found in the wardrobe of the bedroom. He then exited through the entrance door of the residence after entering and stealing.

The police also informed the court that the suspect, again in Gönyeli, between April, 15-16, went to the same apartment and stole 120,000 TL cash, found in the wardrobe in the bedroom of the residence belonging to one S.P.  

The police said that the suspect voluntarily testified that he had committed the aforementioned crimes, that he would be investigated in other unsolved incidents in the region, and that he would be detained for another 8 days for investigation purposes, since there were camera footage to be examined.