Four men were arrested in the north for allegedly searching for hidden gold near the Buffavento castle on the Kyrenia Mountain Range according to a report by Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris.
One of the three men who works on the south side of the island was allegedly told by somebody named Savvanas living in the south, that 20kg of gold had been buried in the area in 1974.
The three men were caught red-handed by forestry officials who stumbled upon the area that they were excavating.
Police were called to the scene and the men were arrested. They appeared in court in the north on Friday where they admitted that they have been excavating the site for the past ten days.
