Police net 300 drivers in weekend crackdown

POLICE caught over 300 drivers in the Nicosia area for a variety of traffic violations over the weekend with some of the worst offenders caught doing speeds of over 100km per hour in a 50km zone.

“We targeted Engomi especially as that is where you see a lot of illegal racing,” said head of traffic police, Demetris Demetriou yesterday. “Many people were arrested who were speeding, some doing up to 192km per hour on the highway and some doing speeds of 115km and 124km in town, where the speed limit in 50km per hour, if you can believe it,” he added.

According to Demetriou people were caught committing an assortment of traffic violations such as speeding, drink driving, not wearing a seatbelt, not wearing a helmet, driving without road tax and insurance as well as not having any number plates.

Demetriou stated that over the two-day campaign police confiscated seven cars as well as arresting a total of 36 drivers for drink driving.

“We will continue doing this and also extend it to other districts too as this is a general problem,” said Demetriou who stressed that police plan to also intensify efforts over the three-day Kataklismos weekend next week.

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