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Motorist car jacked in Frenaros
By Charles Charalambous

A DARING road robbery was carried out yesterday in Frenaros, netting the robber €60,000-70,000.

As the 47 year-old owner of a betting-shop was driving slowly through Frenaros on his way from Larnaca to Paralimni, a high-powered motorcycle suddenly emerged from a side-street and collided with his vehicle.

While the driver sat dazed and confused, the motorcycle rider got up, opened the driver’s car door, threw him out of the car, got in and drove off at high speed.

Inside the car was a briefcase containing between €60,000 and €70,000 plus some cheques. Famagusta Police Chief Anjtonis Papaconstantinou told reporters that the betting-shop owner carried similar amounts along the same route five or six times every Tuesday. “The perpetrator must have known that money was being moved every Tuesday”, he added.

He said that as soon as the police were informed of the robbery, they set up road-blocks at various points, without success. “The car’s driver delayed informing the police about the incident because he did not have his mobile phone with him, and none of the passing cars stopped to help him”, he added. (This sentence is quite disconcerting! - a sign of the times?!)

Police do not have a description of the robber, as the car’s driver had been too dazed by the collision to provide one. The bike used by the robber, which remained at the scene, was identified later as belonging to a British soldier, and had stood abandoned on a farm in Ayia Napa since 2004. The bike had been reported to the police as stolen on Sunday night.

Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2009

[Snad]

I don't know why but this sounds a bit fishy to me.

[Z4]

Em.......insurance and scam comes to mind here!

[Z4]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

[CBBB]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

[Z4]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

I never lock my car doors when I am in CY but may start doing so, sadly.

[CBBB]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

I never lock my car doors when I am in CY but may start doing so, sadly.

My wifes car (which I end up using all the time) is never locked because it is a piece of sh*t, but my car (which the wife drives all the time) does get locked because it is pretty decent.

Again, 10-15 years ago I never locked my cars, even the good ones.

[Z4]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

I never lock my car doors when I am in CY but may start doing so, sadly.

My wifes car (which I end up using all the time) is never locked because it is a piece of sh*t, but my car (which the wife drives all the time) does get locked because it is pretty decent.

Again, 10-15 years ago I never locked my cars, even the good ones.

Bloody typical....women say they don't like cars and a car is just to get from A to B then they do and take the best one! Who's the boss CBBBBBBBB?

[CBBB]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

I never lock my car doors when I am in CY but may start doing so, sadly.

My wifes car (which I end up using all the time) is never locked because it is a piece of sh*t, but my car (which the wife drives all the time) does get locked because it is pretty decent.

Again, 10-15 years ago I never locked my cars, even the good ones.

Bloody typical....women say they don't like cars and a car is just to get from A to B then they do and take the best one! Who's the boss CBBBBBBBB?

That's bloody obvious!

[Z4]

Wouldnt you require a police escort if you were delivering that kind of money?

Nowadays yes, but 10-15 years ago I used to wander around with more than that in my car (not mine) without worrying about it.

I never lock my car doors when I am in CY but may start doing so, sadly.

My wifes car (which I end up using all the time) is never locked because it is a piece of sh*t, but my car (which the wife drives all the time) does get locked because it is pretty decent.

Again, 10-15 years ago I never locked my cars, even the good ones.

Bloody typical....women say they don't like cars and a car is just to get from A to B then they do and take the best one! Who's the boss CBBBBBBBB?

That's bloody obvious!

Time to put your foot down I thinks!