Ayia Napa

Ayia Napa: 18-year-old was driving without a license, safe and under the influence of drugs

At around 10.30 last night, members of the Famagusta Traffic Police, who were conducting traffic inspections, stopped in the area of ​​Ayia Napa, a car driven by an 18-year-old from the province of Famagusta, for inspection.

During the inspection, it was found that the 18-year-old driver was driving the vehicle in question, without holding a safety certificate, with a student driver's license, without being accompanied by an adult holder of a regular driver's license and without his vehicle bearing license plates "E ».

The 18-year-old underwent a preliminary drug test, where it was found that he had drugs in his saliva and a saliva sample was taken to be sent for laboratory examination to the General State Chemist.

Police point out that substances such as drugs and alcohol have been shown to help reduce the mental and psychological effort of driving and to reduce the performance of a driver, thus increasing the risk of a collision.

For this reason, as the Police, we place special emphasis on this phenomenon and focus our efforts on tackling the problem with daily inspections and campaigns, but also on constant information to the public, in order to prevent serious and deadly road collisions.

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