Seventeen items belonging to the Cyprus Police were returned by the Turkish Cypriots today.
According to a press release by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, in the context of enhancing confidence building measures, today at the Joint Communications Room (JCR) Office in the buffer zone, the bi-communal Technical Committee on Crime and Criminal Matters (TCCCM) arranged, in collaboration with the United Nations Police, the handing over of seventeen items of Cyprus Police property, including one motorbike and a patrol car.
“All seventeen items were returned by the Turkish Cypriots through Mr Hakki Önen to Professor Andros Kapardis, co-leaders of the bi-communal Technical Committee on Crime and Criminal Matters (TCCCM)” the press release adds, noting that the patrol car and motorbike were found to be in a workable condition.
The Republic of Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded and since then occupy 37% of this EU island`s territory.
