The Police were active on a nationwide basis with coordinated actions and operations during the last 24 hours, to prevent serious and fatal traffic collisions, as well as to prevent crime and delinquency phenomena.[/B]
During traffic police checks throughout the country, the Headquarters Traffic Department and the Provincial Police Directorates received more than 330 total complaints for various traffic violations, such as exceeding the speed limit, using a mobile phone while driving, driving under the influence of alcohol.
Among other things, a total of 155 violations of the speed limit, 24 violations of traffic signs, as well as 15 vehicle parking violations were detected by members of the police.
A total of 16 drivers of vehicles were found positive to a alcohol test, four persons were found not wearing a seat belt, and another ten persons were found to be driving while using a cell phone.
Of the traffic checks carried out, three incidents of serious traffic offences[/B] stand out, in Paphos and Nicosia.
In Paphos in particular, in a check made 45 minutes after midnight, by members of the "Z" team of the Paphos Traffic Police, on a 35-year-old who was driving a car on a city road, it was found that he was driving the vehicle without being covered by an insurance certificate, while the registration of the vehicle had been cancelled, since its registration permit had expired on December 31, 2020. The 35-year-old was also subjected to a drug test, with a positive preliminary result.
Positive in a driving under the influence of alcohol test, with a reading of 79μg% instead of up to 22μg% which is the permitted limit, was found 37-year-old driving his car on a main road in Nicosia, just before midnight. The 37-year-old driver was stopped by members of Nicosia Traffic Police for control, after he had immediately after allegedly violated the red light twice at light-controlled areas of the road.
Another driver in Nicosia, a man aged 29, was found positive in a preliminary test for driving under the influence of drugs, and he was also arrested for the offences of possession of small quantity of drugs, and possession of burglary tools found in his car.
The 29-year-old was stopped for checking by a patrol of the Nicosia Police Directorate in the Lakatamia area,
where he was driving his car, shortly before 11.00 last night.
For possession of offensive instruments, namely two iron bars, which were found under the seat of the car he was driving, a young man aged 20 years old, was arrested, also in Nicosia. The 20-year-old was stopped for control by members of the MMAD, on a road in the Eggomi area, where he was driving his vehicle, at around 2 o'clock.00 at midnight.
In addition, two persons, a man and a woman aged 34 and 49 respectively, were arrested in Larnaca, for the purpose of investigating a theft case.
The 34-year-old man was spotted during their patrol by members of the Rapid Intervention Unit - OYLAE, shortly before 3.30 yesterday afternoon, to be inside a residence in Larnaca and holding an aluminum rod, while at a nearby point, members of the police spotted the 49-year-old woman lying in a parked car, inside which there were air conditioning units and a number of aluminium windows, cut aluminium window frames, cables and other metal items, which were suspected to have been stolen.
Subsequent investigations, after contacting the owner of the house, revealed evidence that aluminium windows had been removed from the house and stolen. After the two suspects were arrested and taken into custody, the Larnaca Minor Offences Department undertook further investigation of the theft case.
Police actions to prevent road collisions and crime continue, with daily checks and coordinated operations.
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