A major search and rescue operation is underway in the rugged mountainous terrain near Kambos, opposite Throni tou Kykkou, for a 60-year-old Turkish Cypriot man who went missing while foraging for mushrooms on Thursday.
Police were alerted to the man’s disappearance at approximately 14:30. Around 30 personnel from the Kambos police station, Civil Defence, the Department of Forests, and volunteer rescue teams, including the Cyprus Emergency Response Team (ETEA), are combing the forested area.
Steep and inaccessible terrain is hampering ground efforts, prompting rescuers to deploy thermal imaging cameras and drones to scan the mountainside through the night.
Authorities confirmed that aerial assets and sniffer dogs will join the search at first light on Friday.
