Members of the Police, specifically, members of the Coastal and Maritime Police, were called and provided assistance to five persons, who were blocked in the sea area of Famagusta province, due to mechanical damage that occurred on their boat.
Specifically, shortly after 7.30:XNUMX on Thursday evening, the captain of the boat, which was anchored in the sea area of free Famagusta, contacted the Naval Station of Paralimni and requested the assistance of the Port and Maritime Police. As he told the members of the Police, together with four other persons, they had earlier gone to Nisi beach, in Ayia Napa, with a second auxiliary boat. However, during their return to their moored vessel, the auxiliary vessel suffered a mechanical failure, resulting in their being stranded at sea.
A crew of the Coastal and Maritime Police set sail to help the five persons, whom they located around 8.15 in the evening, off Nissi beach. The five persons were transferred by the crew of the police boat to the moored