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    http://www.cyprus-mail.com/theft/wheelchair-granny-s-underwear-was-stuffed-jewellery/20120331

    Wheelchair granny's underwear was stuffed with jewellery


    By Poly Pantelides Published on March 31, 2012


    A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND 83-year-old woman, underwear stuffed with
    jewellery, was arrested, along with three others for allegedly trying
    to smuggle stolen goods out of the country late on Thursday.

    Three Armenian women, including the 83-year-old, and a Cypriot man,
    41, were yesterday remanded for five days by the Larnaca District
    Court.

    When she appeared in court yesterday, the 83-year-old grandmother had
    seemingly abandoned the use of the wheelchair and walked into the
    courthouse on her own.

    The four are being investigated for allegedly committing a felony,
    theft and the illegal possession of property.

    They were arrested after a Larnaca airport security guard who was
    patting down the old lady discovered a number of items of jewellery
    stashed in her underwear with the price tags still attached.

    The 83-year-old arrived at the airport in a wheelchair and checked in
    a little after 7pm.

    She was going to be on the same flight with a friend - a 36-year-old
    woman - and the wife of her grandson - a 24 year old who was being
    extradited out of Cyprus.

    The latter arrived at the airport under police escort, while the other
    two women had packed for her and carried her bags for her, Larnaca
    police spokesman Christos Andreou said.

    But the 83-year-old was searched when she was going through security.

    `A female guard on duty at the control discovered jewellery
    meticulously hidden in her possession,' Andreou said. He said police
    suspected she was only in the wheelchair to try and avoid a search.

    The grandmother also had clothes, shoes, jewels, watches, perfumes and
    electronic goods in her hand luggage.

    The 83-year-old claimed the other two women had given her the
    jewellery.

    Authorities then searched the 36-year-old's luggage and found
    perfumes, clothes, sunglasses and electronic goods, with the price
    tags still attached.

    The 24-year-old also had a large quantity of new clothes in her
    luggage.

    `They all blamed each other,' Andreou said adding that `eventually
    they claimed to have bought everything'.

    The police said that none of the three women gave a satisfactory
    explanation of how they came by the items.

    The 41-year-old man was arrested after one of the women implicated
    him.

    All four deny any wrongdoing.

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