A NICOSIA sex shop owner accused of littering the capital with obscene flyers was arrested after police followed the map on the leaflet to his premises.

"The crime prevention unit searched Lover’s sex shop in Engomi yesterday and arrested the 34-year-old owner after finding obscene materials such as vibrators, which were confiscated," a police spokesman said yesterday.

The man was later released to be charged at a later date, police said.

Nicosia drivers were shocked when an unusual advertising campaign placed leaflets on their cars promoting the use of sex enhancing appliances.

Many automatically threw the leaflets aside, but when youngsters started picking them up and showing them to their friends, the full horror of the situation was brought home to outraged parents. Lewd photos on the leaflets apparently left nothing to the imagination and angry residents filed a complaint to police.

It didn’t take a crack unit from the vice squad to track down the culprit, as the offending material had a well illustrated map leading police to the door of Lover’s sex shop in Engomi.

Sex shops have only started springing up on the island in recent years, and the law governing obscene materials bans the sale of vibrators.