Forestry dept catches BBQs and stubble burning in time

A group of young picnickers was caught lighting charcoal on Sunday in Akamas and was reprimanded by the forestry department, while in a separate case a man in Koutrafas is being prosecuted for burning stubble in his orchard in the buffer zone.

Forestry department spokesman Glafkos Kyriacou told the Cyprus Mail that apart from these isolated incidents, the past few days have been “calm” and that patrols have been significantly increased....