LARNACA - A couple from Greece has been remanded three days in police custody for allegedly trying to cash a fake lottery ticket worth €20,000.
Deputy Larnaca CID Chief Charis Hadjiyiasemi said a representative of the National Lottery in Larnaca reported that a woman had tried to make a claim with a ticket that appeared to be a fake.
CID officers visited the premises and caught a man trying to pull the same scam with another fake ticket.
He was arrested and upon questioning revealed that his wife had tried to cash the ticket the first time round.
She was arrested later the same day.
The couple face fraud related charges.