#Cyprus police

The police carried out a campaign on motorways and secondary roads on Tuesday with an aim to reduce fatal and serious accidents, to promote conscientious driving and to enhance the ...

Three women were on Monday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with the death of 30-year-old Nigerian national Victory Osarumen Thompson, who was found dead in a flat ...

A total of 10,446 people residing in Cyprus illegally have been deported or repatriated to their countries since the beginning of the year, compared to 8,469 in 2024, the police announced on Friday. ...

A car caught fire on Thursday morning and was emitting thick smoke on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway near the exit for Kornos, causing heavy traffic. The police urged drivers to be ...

Fires broke out in three abandoned houses in Paphos in the early hours of Thursday. The police said the fires started at around 1.40am, 2.25am and 4.10am. There have been ...

Acting chief inspector Vyron Vyronos officially took office as the police spokesperson on Monday. Originally from Limassol, Vyronos brings extensive policing experience, having served in local police stations, the Limassol ...

The police on Wednesday loaded a visitor into the prisoner van at the central prisons and took him to court only to discover the mistake on arrival during the headcount. ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Sunday after police discovered 860 grams of cannabis and 270 grams of cocaine at his home during a coordinated operation by the ...

Five people were arrested for various offences during coordinated police operations in Larnaca on Saturday night and early Sunday, police said. The checks were carried out as part of ongoing ...

Police arrested a 19-year-old man in the early hours of Sunday after he was caught driving at 190km/h on the Limassol–Nicosia highway while under the influence of alcohol. ...

Police on Saturday night arrested a 44-year-old former footballer in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Stavros Demosthenous, which was committed on Friday morning in Limassol. The suspect was later ...

The police found over 100 limesticks on Monday in an open space in Famagusta outside a hut belonging to a 68-year-old man. The investigation was conducted in the framework of police ...

A woman was hospitalised after the scooter on which she was riding was hit by a car in Paphos, the police said on Monday. The police said the incident took ...

Magazines with bullets, burglary tools, mobile phones and various documents – such as IDs and passports – were found on Tuesday in the apartment of one of the individuals wanted in connection ...

The police are investigating a new scam after an individual filed a complaint on Tuedsay that she had received an email promising tax return but had been scammed out of €878 ...

A company based in Cyprus has been scammed out of €37,700 in a new case of online fraud, the police announced on Tuesday. According to the police, the director of a ...

A car caught fire on Monday morning on the Larnaca-Nicosia motorway, near the Ayia Varvara junction, closing both lanes of traffic for about an hour. According to the police, the ...

A car was destroyed in a fire early on Monday morning in Limassol. The police were notified at 2.40am that the car, belonging to a 53-year-old, was burning in an ...

Two people were arrested in Emba on Wednesday night for drug possession and trafficking after police found packaged cannabis and cocaine, precision scales and €450 in cash. Shortly before 8pm on ...

Police in Limassol and Paphos are on Thursday investigating two separate cases of online fraud, reported by two women aged 74 and 59 respectively, who lost up to €18,000. The 74-year-old woman in ...

A 40-year-old wanted by the Russian authorities in connection with cases of fraud between 2019 and 2022 was arrested on Wednesday afternoon on arrival at Larnaca airport, the police announced on Thursday. ...

A 67-year-old man suffered fatal injuries on Wednesday at the Nicosia racecourse, when a horse escaped the attention of its groom and ran into the man, the police said on ...

More than €30.000 have been stolen from two men aged 63 and 66 in Limassol, in a case of online fraud, police said on Wednesday. In the complaint filed by the two men, ...

A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for importing a large quantity of cocaine into Cyprus. The decision was handed down on Wednesday by the Larnaca criminal ...