The police are investigating suspected poaching after they caught a 35-year-old man on Wednesday morning trying to gather wild birds that had been caught in trapping nets.
A device mimicking bird calls was also in operation at the time.
The man was seen by an anti-poaching patrol in Tochni, Larnaca, which stopped him and released four wild birds believed to be thrushes.
The suspect was taken to Zygi police station,
