SBA police arrested three males for chook trapping offences throughout the Eastern Sovereign Base Areas up to now ten days.
According to an announcement by the SBA, the three males acquired mounted penalty notices (FPN) totalling €4,500.
The arrests, made on January 19, 21 and 23, noticed freshly killed thrushes, mistnets, bird-imitating gadgets, shotguns and cartridges, seized by police patrols.
This follows an elevated police presence working alongside non-governmental organisations to fight the poaching of migrating thrushes between November and February, the SBA announcement stated.
In one case, a Greek Cypriot male was present in possession of three mistnets measuring 75 metres in size within the Ayios Nikolaos space, an enormous complete in line with Superintendent Panicos Panayi.
Speaking shortly after essentially the most recent arrest, additionally in Ayios Nikolaos, the superintendent was eager to emphasize there could be no let-up within the police actions to fight the specter of chook trapping.
“We take pride in the success we have achieved in reducing the amount of bird trapping taking place within the SBAs and we are determined to see that continue,” he stated.
“Our working relationship with BirdLife Cyprus and the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has additionally proved extremely useful in serving to us successfully goal chook trapping areas.
“These latest seizures were not insignificant, to find one man in possession of 75 metres of mistnets is a lot, you can only imagine how many birds could have been caught.”
Two of the lads arrested and issued with FPNs are additionally attributable to seem in court docket going through “further charges for other offences”.
“We will continue to commit more resources on the ground and use every bit of technology available to us as we go forward. That means the use of drones and cameras to ensure we are able to better detect and arrest those intent on trapping migrating birds within the SBAs,” the superintendent stated.
