Arrests made island-wide of people carrying firecrackers
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 in Limassol with 1,807 industrial firecrackers in his car boot. In Nicosia, a 19-year-old man was arrested with 11 firework launchers and 115 firecrackers. In Larnaca, a 42-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man were found with 40 firecrackers, two fireworks, and 80 firecrackers, two fireworks respectively. In Paphos, a 21-year-old man was arrested with 17 industrial firecrackers while walking near a church.