Tankers caught dumping raw sewage on ground in Trikomo

Vacuum tankers tasked with transporting sewage from Trikomo to Famagusta were found dumping raw sewage onto waste ground on the side of the road, Trikomo’s Turkish Cypriot municipality announced on Tuesday.

They said they had found two tankers dumping raw sewage, both belonging to the same company, and that the company had been fined 204,420TL (€5,850) for their crimes.

The first incident had taken place on Saturday night, with municipal teams having followed a tanker to find it depositing its load on the side of a road.