Cyprus police and officers of the Cyprus Immigration Department (CID) have arrested two Asian men on suspicion of being part of a terrorist organization, local press reported Saturday.

The two men, whose names have not been identified, were believed to be from Pakistan and affiliated to a terrorist organization with link to Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda network.

Police officers and CID members made the joint arrest after receiving an anonymous tip-off, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The two men, who were neither working nor studying in the island country, were being questioned at the main police headquarters in Nicosia, and their apartment was being searched.

Almost a year ago, Cyprus police made a similar arrest in Larnaca taking into custody a group of Asian men also suspected of being linked to terrorist organizations. However, the men were released after no evidence was found against them.

Source: Xinhua