A 20-year-old man has been remanded in connection to the trident bakery robbery.
The man was remanded from Liopetri, Famagusta district on grounds of using a speargun trident to rob a prominent bakery.
The suspect, who was arrested a few days prior to being remanded, confessed to conducting a robbery at around 4am the same day the bakery was robbed. According to the police, the 20-year-old surrendered €75, which he said was the money taken by him.
According to the employee of the bakery who reported the incident, an unknown individual with his face covered with a hood had forcibly entered the shop. The man was armed with fishing trident and threatened various members of staff demanding for money. The man finally opened the drawer by force and took the small bag that contained the money.
