Hundreds of cars from the UK have been stranded at Limassol port since the weekend as the customs and tax departments issued a directive on Tuesday forcing buyers to pay a deposit to release their car from customs.
The issue caused mass confusion among those who had already bought the cars, as many were caught off-guard by the directive, and some did not have the money for the deposit, calculated at 25 per cent of the cost of the vehicle.
According to reports, 914 cars have been stranded at the port since the weekend as the directive was implemented without warning.