VEHICLE CRUSHED AND OWNER SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN PRISON

From Cyprus Police 22 July 2020

Vehicle crushed and the owner sentenced to 30 days in prison.

The relevant decision of the Larnaca District Court, concerning the destruction of a vehicle which 

had undergone significant alterations in violation of relevant legislation, was implemented today.

Specifically, on December 5, 2019, members of ADE Larnaca stopped for inspection a car driven by a 

27-year-old man. During the inspection, it was found that the 27-year-old was driving with a driver's

licence and without a safety certificate.

Both the driver and his car were taken to Larnaca Traffic where a check found that the car had 

undergone various mechanical modifications such as the change of engine without permission 

from the Motor Vehicles Commissioner, while the chassis indicating the chassis number was cut and 

welded again, resulting in no proof of vehicle identity and deemed unfit for use.

The next day, December 6, 2019, the Police went to court for a vehicle retention issue, which was 

accepted.

The case was taken to the Court of Justice where its hearing was concluded on 11 June 2020.
The Larnaca District Court sentenced the 27-year-old to four months' deprivation of a driving 

licence and a 30-day prison sentence after finding him guilty of the offences of driving a motor 

vehicle with a denied driving licence, driving without a safety certificate as well as voluntary 

mechanical modifications to the vehicle, and further ordering the destruction of the
vehicle.

This vehicle was today transferred to an approved vehicle destruction site where it was executed in 

the relevant decree of the Court of Justice.