Cypriot police raid Helios Airways offices
Posted on: Monday, 15 August 2005, 13:30 CDT
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot police on Monday raided the Nicosia offices of Helios Airways, owners of the Boeing 737 that crashed in Greece a day earlier killing all 121 people on board, a government spokesman said.
"After allegations brought by the Communications and Works Minister and the chief of police, the attorney general issued search warrants for the central offices of Helios to collect documents and other evidence that might be useful in a possible criminal investigation," spokesman Marios Karoyan told Reuters.
Cypriot communications and works minister Haris Thrasou also oversees transport, including civil aviation.
Attorney General Petros Clerides told Reuters the raids were in progress. "The search warrants have been executed," he said.
Helios, Cyprus's first private carrier, established in 1999, mainly flies holiday makers to Athens, Greek islands, Dublin, Sofia, Warsaw, Prague, Strasbourg and several British airports using Boeing B737 aircraft.
Libra Holidays Group, one of Britain's leading independent holiday tour operators, bought Helios in November 2004.
Source: REUTERS
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