Posts tagged with "narcotest"

Driver under influence of drugs had no licence Crime

Driver under influence of drugs had no licence

March 24th, 20191813 A driver who tested positive for a narcotest at dawn on Sunday morning was driving on a learner’s licence that had expired without insurance, police said. At around 3.15 members of the Larnaca traffic police stopped a car driven by the 23-year-old from Pervolia. The narcotest showed positive for cannabis use and further samples...
Taxi driver tests positive for drugs Cyprus

Taxi driver tests positive for drugs

September 15th, 20181635 Two drivers from Paphos, aged 26 and 33, one of them a taxi driver, were tested positive for drugs on Friday night. The two were taken to the police station after the narco tests given to them during a routine traffic check, came out positive. They were later released pending the results of the laboratory tests from their drug...
Paphos taxi driver failed narcotest, police say Cyprus

Paphos taxi driver failed narcotest, police say

August 6th, 20181956 A 38-year-old taxi driver was arrested by Paphos traffic police shortly before midnight on Sunday when police said he tested positive for drugs. After he was given a narcotest in the tourist area of Kato Paphos the driver was taken to Paphos police station. He was later released pending the results of the laboratory tests from his...
Rehab plans for young drivers who fail narcotests Health

Rehab plans for young drivers who fail narcotests

April 3rd, 20182800 Young drivers found to have been under the influence of drugs when behind the wheel will be able to opt for rehab instead of serving a sentence, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou announced on Tuesday. The protocol to implement the measure will be ready in 10 days. Nicolaou was speaking after a meeting with Health Minister...
Narcotest arrest Cyprus

Narcotest arrest

March 23rd, 20181882 A man who tested positive for drugs early in the morning on Friday in Paphos was arrested and later released. Police stopped the driver of a car, a 22-year-old resident of Paphos, at 2.30am and took a second sample to be sent to the state laboratory for tests after his saliva showed he was under the influence of drugs. He was later...
Father arrested, suspected of driving while stoned with 4-month-old in the car Cyprus

Father arrested, suspected of driving while stoned with 4-month-old in the car

March 6th, 20182987 A man who was driving with his 4-month-old baby as a passenger was arrested after he tested positive during a narcotest and cannabis was found in his possession early on Tuesday in Paralimni, police said. The suspect, a 21-year-old resident of a village in the Famagusta region, was stopped for a routine check at 1.10am. Officers...
Two more drivers show positive narcotest Crime

Two more drivers show positive narcotest

February 12th, 20182379 Two people, both aged 25, were found driving under the influence of drugs on Sunday evening in Paphos in separate incidents. One of them is believed to have used amphetamines and the other amphetamines and cannabis. After testing positive they gave an additional saliva sample which will be sent to the state lab for further...
More than half of narcotests so far have been positive, police say Cyprus

More than half of narcotests so far have been positive, police say

February 8th, 20182245 In total nine out of 15, or 60 per cent, of narcotests administered so far have been positive, deputy director of the traffic police Haris Evripidou said on Thursday. The narcotest was introduced late last month. The tests, which were carried out mainly in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos were preliminary and have all been sent to the...
Two arrests for drugs possession and traffic offences   Cyprus

Two arrests for drugs possession and traffic offences  

February 7th, 20182144 Two men were arrested on Tuesday night after they tested positive for drugs and police found one was a suspect in an unrelated case, they said. Shortly after 10pm on Tuesday officers stopped a car driven by a 19-year-old in Limassol. Besides testing positive for drugs he had no driving licence and was not insured, police said. In...
Five found positive in nine checks since narcotest launch Crime

Five found positive in nine checks since narcotest launch

January 30th, 20184110 In the first five days of narcotesting, police carried out nine checks and found that five of those tested had used drugs, they announced on Tuesday, a development they said was worrying. Deputy director of the traffic police Haris Evripidou told Cyprus Mail: “It is worrying that out of nine checks, five people were found positive....
Police hail life-saving narcotest Cyprus

Police hail life-saving narcotest

January 14th, 20188416 But critics say it is just an excuse to hunt down drug users By Andria Kades After almost eight years of discussions, Cyprus will by the end of the month begin carrying out drug tests on drivers – dubbed narcotests – aimed to catch those behind the wheel under the influence of drugs. Heralded by the government as a...
Narcotest in force by January 25 Cyprus

Narcotest in force by January 25

January 13th, 20183856 The narcotest will come into full force on January 25 this year, in a bid to reduce road deaths and accidents, according to police traffic chief Spyros Spyrou said. In a press conference demonstrating how the device will work, Spyrou said police have been fully trained and briefed, ready to start carrying out the narcotests. The...
Nicolaou says police ready for narcotest implementation Cyprus

Nicolaou says police ready for narcotest implementation

January 9th, 20183041 Justice Minister Ionas Nicoalou said on Tuesday that police were trained and ready for the introduction of the narcotest this month. “It will take a few days to organise the system,” he said after the cabinet met to issue a decree, but the “training and readiness is there." The checks are due to begin any day after January...
Narcotest coming by January 15 Cyprus

Narcotest coming by January 15

January 5th, 20182739 By January 15 the narcotest to check if drivers are under the influence of drugs will be implemented, justice minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Friday. The minister said on the sidelines of a visit to the central prison that a decree will first be issued, subject to approval by the cabinet, which will discuss the subject on January...
Drivers set to be screened for drugs after the summer Cyprus

Drivers set to be screened for drugs after the summer

April 25th, 20172304 Screening of drivers for being under the influence of drugs will start after the summer as the long-delayed equipment needed is on its way, the state lab confirmed on Tuesday. The bulk of the items have now been ordered after court proceedings delayed their purchase since carrying out the test was passed in February last...
Road deaths from driving under influence of drugs almost doubled in recent years Cyprus

Road deaths from driving under influence of drugs almost doubled in recent years

February 13th, 20171214 Driving under the influence of drugs was one of the five most common causes of traffic collisions and between 2007 – 2011, accounting for 3.8 per cent of fatal collisions. This figure almost doubled between 2011 and 2015,  reaching 6.56 per cent, according to data from the NGO Reaction. It’s head, Marios Stavrou, said that...
Our View: Stoned drivers as just as much a danger as drunk drivers Opinion

Our View: Stoned drivers as just as much a danger as drunk drivers

March 5th, 20162087 FRIENDS of Cannabis, a group moving to have the drug legalised, said on Tuesday they were determined to resist narcotest after parliament passed legislation last week allowing police to carry out tests on drivers. The new law would be fought on three fronts, they said: personal protection, individual legal defence, and political...
Cannabis supporters to mobilise against narcotest law Cyprus

Cannabis supporters to mobilise against narcotest law

March 1st, 20161752 Friends of Cannabis said on Tuesday it was determined to resist narcotests after parliament passed legislation last week allowing police to carry out tests on drivers. “At the moment things are moving slowly, and our community will have enough time to organise resistance,” Friends of Cannabis member Petros Evdokas said. The new...
Narcotest will decrease drug-related deaths Cyprus

Narcotest will decrease drug-related deaths

February 27th, 20161763 Approval of legislation allowing police to carry out drugs testing on motorists was an important tool aimed at cutting traffic accidents, the justice ministry said. According to state lab figures, in the past five years, 25 out of 64 drugs-related deaths, were due to a road crash. The main drugs detected were cannabis and cocaine...
Parliament to vote on narcotest next week Cyprus

Parliament to vote on narcotest next week

February 18th, 20161346 A bill introducing drugs testing for drivers will be put to the vote next week after around five years of discussions, the House Transport Committee chairman said on Thursday. Antonis Antoniou said discussion of the bill has finished and it was expected to be put to the vote next Thursday. The bill provides that an individual...
Narcotest bill to be tabled for vote this month Cyprus

Narcotest bill to be tabled for vote this month

November 6th, 20152089 By Evie Andreou The narcotest bill, which has been under discussion for the last five years, is expected to be tabled to the plenum for a vote in November, the head of the House Communications committee Antonis Antoniou said on Thursday. The bill was discussed at a joint meeting of the House communications and legal affairs...
Rise in drugs use detected in road deaths Cyprus

Rise in drugs use detected in road deaths

April 9th, 20151456 By Evie Andreou THERE is a growing trend of fatal road accidents caused by the use of drugs, the Justice ministry said on Wednesday, expressing its determination to promote legislation for the introduction of the narcotest, which is pending before House committees since 2010. The ministry said police statistics suggest the...
MPs to discuss narcotest ‘soon’ Cyprus

MPs to discuss narcotest ‘soon’

April 3rd, 20151855 By Constantinos Psillides A BILL allowing police to subject drivers to a narcotest will soon find its way to the House Legal Affairs committee, a police source told the Cyprus Mail. The bill stipulates that drivers will be required to provide police officers with a saliva sample, to test whether they are driving under the influence...
Narcotest bill to be tabled by Easter Cyprus

Narcotest bill to be tabled by Easter

February 5th, 20151285 By Evie Andreou A BILL for the introduction of the narcotest, which has been under discussion since 2010, is expected to be tabled to parliament in April, before Easter, the head of the House legal affairs committee Soteris Sampson said yesterday. Yet another discussion on the bill was interrupted yesterday at the joint meeting...
Call for House to pass narcotest law Cyprus

Call for House to pass narcotest law

October 16th, 20141911 By Stefanos Evripidou PARLIAMENT needs to pass the draft bill on narcotests to avoid more road deaths and serious accidents caused by the combination of alcohol and drugs, mainly cannabis, warned head of the NGO Reaction Marios Stavrou on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference to announce the activities of European Night Without...
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