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Police launch new drink-driving clampdown
Police are running a campaign to clamp down on drink driving that will run until October 29, they announced. “As it is known, driving under the influence of alcohol is one of the main causes of fatal...
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Man caught drink driving with underage daughter in car
A 51-year-old man was caught driving drunk on Tuesday afternoon on the Limassol to Nicosia motorway with his eight-year-old daughter in the car, police said. A preliminary breathalyzer test conducted...
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Driver stopped five times over the limit
A 49-year-old driver who was speeding and nearly five times over the legal alcohol limit was caught at 10am in the Famagusta area on Friday. Police officers stopped him driving at 108 km/h on a road...
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Drunk man left injured wife to avoid breathalyser
A 28-year-old woman is in Famagusta general hospital with head injuries and concussion after the car her husband was driving crashed into an electricity pole early on Monday. The man, who abandoned the...
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Extra fine for drunk tourist
The Famagusta district court on Thursday slapped a Swedish tourist with a fine of €400 for being in possession of two knives, a sledgehammer and a collapsible baton. Police found the weapons in the...
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Tough penalties on driver caught over limit twice in 10 days
By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou A man was fined €900, had eight penalty points taken from his licence and banned from driving for 50 days on Monday for driving over the limit twice in 10 days. Police...
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Courts crack down on dangerous driving
Courts across the island handed down stiff penalties, including imprisonment, on Monday to law-breaking drivers caught by the police. In Paphos, the district court sentenced a 36-year-old driver to one...
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Police arrest woman after drunken attack
A 29-year-old woman in Paphos was arrested on Friday night after she swore at an officer for giving her an alcohol breath test. According to authorities, the woman, a British permanent resident of...
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Police to launch campaign against drink driving Monday
The sixth campaign of the year against drink driving will be launched by the police on Monday, lasting until Sunday, August 19. A police statement said that in the EU around 25 per cent of traffic...
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Motorists booked for drink driving, speeding
Two people were caught committing serious traffic offences in the Famagusta district on Thursday evening, police said. At 9.10pm, police officers booked a 23-year-old man who was driving at a speed of...
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Driver caught speeding at 195km per hour
A 39-year-old driver under the influence of alcohol was caught driving at 195km per hour on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway on Tuesday night. Traffic police stopped the 39-year-old at around 11.30pm on...
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Man causes road crash, arrested for drink driving
Limassol police arrested a 27-year-old man early on Saturday after he crashed his car while driving under the influence of alcohol. The man was travelling on Amathounda Avenue at around 3am when he...
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Three arrests after drunk drivers leave car ‘carnage’ in their wake
By Evie Andreou Police on Saturday urged motorists not to drink and drive after the arrests on Friday night of three drivers who were so drunk they managed to plough into 12 cars between them. One of...
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Drinking and driving target of new police campaign
A seven-day police campaign starting on Monday will see the force target drivers who have been drinking on an island-wide level. In the EU a quarter of all traffic accidents are due to the driver...
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Driver arrested six times over the limit
A driver six times over the legal alcohol limit crashed his car into another vehicle in Strovolos on Wednesday afternoon. Around 4pm, the 57-year-old man hit the back of a car while he was driving on...
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Man stopped driving twice the speed limit
A 28-year-old man was stopped driving on the Limassol Nicosia highway driving twice the speed limit. According to police, he was stopped near Latsia after driving at 214km/hr instead of the allowed...
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Drunk driver injures three, including small child
A drunk driver caused an accident on Sunday afternoon, injuring a woman and her three-year-old son. According to police, at about 4.30 on Sunday a 33-year-old resident of Aradippou was driving on...
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Drink driver jailed
A 38-year-old man was sentenced by the Nicosia district court on Friday to 15 days in jail and had his driver licence suspended for three months after being found guilty of driving under the influence...
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No let up in dangerous driving clampdown, police warn
Police on Saturday said they would continue daily traffic checks and show zero tolerance of irresponsible and careless driving after more than 2,500 people were caught speeding in the past two weeks,...
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Larnaca driver 17 times over the limit (updated)
A 44-year-old driver involved in a car crash on Saturday night in Larnaca was found to be driving 17 times over the alcohol limit, police said on Sunday. Shortly before 7pm an accident involving two...
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