#Cyprus police

A serious gun incident was reported in the early on Tuesday morning in a restaurant in the centre of Nicosia. According to reports, police responded around 3am in the morning ...

Police scuffled with a group of protesters outside the Limassol station, it emerged on Sunday, after ten individuals were arrested and one officer ended up in hospital. The ten individuals ...

Police on Sunday arrested an 18-year-old, suspected of injuring another teen with a knife during clashes in Nicosia overnight. According to police, the young man was arrested for injuring another, ...

The newly elected chairman of the Cyprus Police Association (CPA) Giorgos Georgiou said he will do everything in his power to address all association members’ concerns “as promptly and effectively ...

Holding cells in police stations should be abolished, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. Speaking to Alpha TV, he said problems in holding cells ...

Police in Limassol arrested two men as suspects in a drug dealing bust after they were found with over 5kg of cannabis, authorities said on Friday. According to police, the ...

Police officers are over-reliant on messaging application Viber due to the lack of an official electronic communication method, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. ...

The police command has put in force an action plan, which is aimed at “prevention and elimination of serious and organised crime.” Details of the plan, which came into force ...

Police on Tuesday determined that a double-cab vehicle was destroyed by a fire outside of a petrol station in Parekklisia in an act of arson. The fire was put out ...

Police and an off-duty nurse helped rescue a baby, whose parents were found in distress on the side of the Larnaca-Nicosia highway, authorities said on Monday. The infant was found ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with burglary in Larnaca mid-February, police said on Sunday. According to police, the man was arrested on Saturday night after witness testimony was ...

A 40-year-old man was remanded into custody under suspicion of being involved in a suspected car arson. According to police, police received testimony against the 40-year-old being allegedly involved in ...

Six people were arrested and remanded under suspicion of being involved in three car thefts, police said on Monday. According to police, three 17-year-olds, a 19-year-old, and a 31-year-old were ...

Criticism rained down on the police on Friday over the way they have handled the monks’ scandal so far, with the force denying special treatment to the church because of ...

On paper, Cyprus is showing a decrease in human sex trafficking. Stakeholders however warn the reports hide the fact that police is failing to properly investigate. “I have to be ...

It defies belief that the law which would make it mandatory for police to record the questioning and taking of statements from suspects and witnesses in criminal cases, has been ...

There will be a total of 90 fixed traffic cameras on roads across the island, the police said on Sunday. The cameras will be in operation in a total of 30 locations. ...

The batch of measures announced last week by the police to tackle organised crime and football violence either don’t go far enough or will fall flat, an ex-cop tells ...

Culture of silence over rape, harassment and domestic violence by police officers MPs are sounding the alarm over what they describe is a boy’s club in the police force ...

A man was arrested for drug possession on Tuesday, following a police chase from Dali to Tseri, authorities said. According to police, at around 9am on Tuesday morning, the police ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou announced plans to prepare a national strategy for the protection and safeguarding of members of the LGBT community on Friday. Procopiou was speaking at an event ...

A 63-year-old man is wanted by police in Paphos after allegedly swindling two people out of a combined total of €11,500. According to the Paphos police’s deputy chief of operations ...

Two more migrant boats were found by Cyprus’ port police in the Cape Greco area, with hundreds of people on board, police said on Sunday. The first boat was discovered ...

A report released by the Audit Office on Thursday highlighted that a total of 164 traffic violations recorded by traffic cameras installed on Cyprus’ roads concern police vehicles. According to the ...