Police on Monday arrested a woman for public nuisance and begging with a fake baby on a main road in Paphos.

According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, shortly after 11am on Monday police on patrol noticed the woman walking between cars at a crossroads with traffic lights.

The woman was accosting stopped drivers for money while holding what appeared to be an infant in her arms.

The ‘baby’ looked suspicious and police carried out a check and found that the baby was a doll.

The 46-year-old woman was arrested and taken into custody for offenses of public nuisance and vagrancy.