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Briton held for Cyprus land ad
NICOSIA (AFP) - A
Briton living in the south of Cyprus has been arrested and charged
with involvement in the illegal sale of Greek-Cypriot property in the
island’s Turkish-occupied north, Cypriot police said on Saturday.
Police declined to name
the accused, who lives near near the western coastal resort of Paphos,
a popular retirement location for Britons. It is thought to be the
first case of its kind involving a foreign national. The suspect was
charged with illegally advertising on the Internet the properties of
Greek Cypriots displaced by Turkey’s 1974 invasion. Documents and
computer evidence found in his home were confiscated.
Authorities also issued
warrants for the arrest of the two other Britons who own the real
estate firm.
“We had been following
him for a year,” Paphos Police Chief Michalis Papageorgiou told
reporters. “He was illegally advertising the sale of property in the
north.”
Last week, a British
couple living in the north lost an appeal against a Cyprus court
decision to demolish their retirement home as it was illegally built
on Greek-Cypriot property.
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By Mary Antonescu -
mary@cyprus4properties.com
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