Paphos poacher fined over €2,000

[memory man]

A 44-year-old man from Peyia, Paphos was slapped with a €2,300-fine for poaching, police said on Sunday.

The man was caught hunting in a game reserve area in Polis Chrysochous. Officers of the game and fauna service also discovered that he had no permit to carry a hunting gun and that his hunter licence had expired in 2013.

He was slapped with a €2,300-fine for poaching and was also charged for the illegal possession of firearms and is to present in court at a later stage.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/08/19/paph ... ver-e2000/

[Kili01]

Thats good news! But will he actually pay this fine?
I hope that a case like this will be treated as a test case and given a lot of publicity. It might deter others from behaviour like this.

Dee