Authorities in the Paphos district have been on high alert since early this afternoon after receiving reports that three people who had gone into the Paphos forest to pick mushrooms are missing.
The Forestry Department, the Game and Wildlife Service, and the police launched intensive searches starting at 2:30 p.m. and eventually managed to locate two of the three missing persons.
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Speaking to AlphaNews.Live, the spokesperson for the Forestry Department, Glafkos Kyriakou, said that the third person, a 60-year-old man, has not yet been located, with the search efforts focusing on the “Roudia Valley,” an “extremely rugged and inaccessible area” that includes the so-called “Black Cliffs.”
According to Mr. Kyriakou, the search—which is continuing intensively throughout the night—involves members of the Forestry Department who know the area like the back of their hand, while a specialized drone from the Department, equipped with a thermal camera, has also been deployed for the operation.
For now, however, as he told us, unfortunately all efforts have been in vain, and if the 60-year-old is not located, the entire operation will be scaled up even further at first light.
