Cyprus Says Vibrator A 'Threat To National Security'

A British made radio-controlled vibrator has been banned in Cyprus after it was branded a threat to national security.

Apparently, the Cypriot military are concerned the sex toy's electronic waves will disrupt the army's radio frequencies on the island.

A spokesman for makers of the vibrator confirmed its small, egg shaped device operated by a remote control, was on sale for use everywhere in Europe - except Cyprus.

"The remote control only has a range of six metres. We have still been selling them in Cyprus, but with a warning urging Cypriots not to use it unless they travel abroad", spokeswoman Ann Summers said.

In its promotional literature the company describes the device as a "deceptively powerful matt silver love egg", but including a warning: "Not for use in Cyprus".

The government's Communications and Works Ministry said it was a purely military decision.

"The military does operate on a different frequency to the general frequency, but they do not share that information for obvious reasons, only they would have been able to decide what devices might be a threat and what to do about it... If issues of national security are at stake then that is not surprising," a military spokesman said.

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