Two in court after attempting to steal dairy farm

Two men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday, accused of having attempted to steal a dairy farm near the village of Kythrea by pulling a gun on its owner and threatening him with his life.

Police officer Huseyin Ergulec told the court that the pair, who live in the Kyrenia district, had entered the man’s farm on multiple occasions while armed and pointed the gun at him, demanding that he give them the farm and 40 million TL (€1.1m) in cash.

The farm’s owner said he was told, “you will pay us 40 million TL.