By Maria Gregoriou
POLICE are investigating a possible case of surveillance being carried out on former interior minister Eleni Mavrou after a number of documents to do with the National Council were found in the possession of two men.
The documents were found when a car was pulled over by traffic police in Nicosia on Saturday. The two men are aged 33 and 19.
According to police spokesman Andreas Angelides, the 19-year-old man from Georgia, who was driving the car, had a fake Greek ID. The 33-year-old man is an illegal immigrant from Georgia, who was in possession of a fake driving licence.
“Upon searching the car, the police officers found some documents having to do with the National Council in a black plastic bag that belonged to Eleni Mavrou,” he said. The National
Council is the advisory body to the President on the Cyprus issue.
The two suspects were taken to the Paphos Gate police station. Mavrou was also called in, Angelides said.
The documents in pair’s possession were not classified, according Angelides. The 33-year-old man claimed that he was collecting old papers to use for his work as a painter.
Mavrou did say the documents were hers and she had put them in a bag for recycling and placed it outside her home. “I had put some newspapers, magazines, old bills and the documents in question in a bag for recycling,” Mavrou said.
“The car is registered to an illegal Kurdish immigrant, who has been off our radar since July, but the owner of the car is the 33-year-old,” Angelides said.
Mavrou hopes that the investigations will prove that there is a lot of fuss being made about nothing.
“I can only wait for the results of the investigations. I hope that in the end, this was just a coincidence and nothing more serious will be revealed,” Mavrou said.
“I hope things become clear as soon as possible. As the case is being handled by police I am sure it will be so and I am in contact with them for whatever information they may need,” Mavrou stated.
The two suspects have been remanded for eight days.
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