Trucks and buses to be checked in week-long police campaign
Police will be carrying out a road campaign on trucks and buses from Monday until next Sunday, they announced. Driver and vehicle documentation will be...
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Tighter airport checks take effect from October 9
Tighter checks for passengers will be implemented from October 9, airport operator Hermes said on Friday. In a written statement, the company said that due...
Police nab over 500 speeders during weekend checks
Police said on Sunday they had booked over 500 drivers islandwide for speeding and over 400 for other traffic violations between Friday night and Saturday...
Drink driving clampdown from Monday, police warn
Police will be launching a nationwide campaign against drink driving from Monday. The clampdown will last until April 10 and cover the entire road network,...
Around 20 drunk drivers a day caught in January, police say
Police said on Sunday they had kicked off 2016 with a month that involved booking almost 11,000 people for traffic offences and going on 600...
Nearly 3,000 booked for smoking indoors over two months
Police said they booked some 2,800 offenders for smoking in closed spaces across the island during a two-month campaign at the end of last year....
Danes, Swedes impose new border checks in fresh blow to open-frontier Europe
By Alexander Tange and Daniel Dickson Denmark imposed temporary identity checks on its border with Germany on Monday following a similar move by Sweden, dealing...
Police nab highway speeders
During the past few days three motorists were caught driving at high speeds on the motorway, police announced. According to the announcement, the three were...
Around 200 speeders and 27 drunk drivers a day booked in the past month
Police clocked over 13,000 traffic offences islandwide between October 2 and November 1, just over 6,000 of which were for speeding, which works out on...
Almost 200 booked overnight for speeding, drink driving
During checks on Saturday night and early Sunday, police booked 169 people for speeding and 28 for drink driving islandwide, they said. One of those...
‘Road Policing’ yields 221 offenders in first six months
Police said on Saturday their new ‘road policing’ policy, which started at the beginning of the year had yielded 221 cases in the first six...
Hundreds of police checks carried out over long weekend
Police seized 14 motorcycles and three cars on Sunday during a crackdown on street racing. Police said the operation in Prodromou Avenue in Nicosia netted...
Drink-driving clampdown from Monday (Updated)
Police said on Friday they would be launching a two-week islandwide clampdown on drink driving from December 8 to 21. The first week of the...
Drink drivers cautioned
Police cautioned a total of 211 drivers on Thursday and Friday in Nicosia following a number of checks including speeding and drink driving. The majority of checks were carried...
Breathalyser checks will not be affected by police overtime cuts
A REDUCTION in police overtime hours will not prevent officers from carrying out breathalyser tests the weekends according to head of Nicosia traffic police Demetris...
