#Cyprus police

An odd coincidence took place last week. First came the controversy around a government bill on the right to protest – the proposed ‘Public Gatherings and Parades Law of 2025’, essentially seeking ...

A 50-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Thursday night for allegedly promising a woman to arrange her illegal transfer from abroad to Cyprus, police said on Friday. The arrest ...

Two people, aged 23 and 16, were arrested for allegedly breaking into a primary school and causing damage of about €500 to classrooms and equipment in Limassol on Thursday night. Police arrived at ...

The police warned the public of a new scam on Wednesday with the perpetrators extorting money from people by promising investments in activities in which famous personalities allegedly participate. The ...

The Union of Municipalities on Wednesday condemned the police’s decision to charge Limassol municipality for last month’s carnival security, calling for the invoice’s immediate withdrawal. The dispute ...

The justice ministry on Monday dismissed claims that a proposed law on public gatherings and parades would turn Cyprus into a “police state,” calling such statements unfounded and misleading. In ...

The Nicosia District Court issued an eight-day remand order on Friday against a 32-year-old man, who was arrested for facilitating interrogations regarding ongoing cases of robbery and extortion of money ...

The Appeals Court has thrown out an appeal against a court decision to annul a police decision banning an officer from running in the 2021 parliamentary elections, it announced on Tuesday. ...

It is increasingly unlikely that more survivors will be found from the boat that capsized off Cape Greco following the retrieval of seven bodies, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on ...

Limassol’s municipal council on Monday rejected a €43,000 security fee requested by the police for this year’s carnival parade, igniting a larger conversation about how policing for public events ...

A 45-year-old man, suspected of stabbing his girlfriend and her 17-year-old son in Limassol, was remanded for five days on Sunday morning, police said.  The minor is being treated in ...

Fifty-one third country nationals were arrested on Sunday, police said about a raid conducted earlier in the day.  According to police, ten people were repatriated earlier in the day and ...

The autopsy of a nine-month-old infant who was found dead in its mother’s car on Friday will be carried out by forensic pathologist Angeliki Papetta on Saturday. The autopsy ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with senior officers on Friday to set the police force on course for a major overhaul as authorities push forward with a plan to modernise ...

The police are investigating the death of an infant in Nicosia, which appears to have been forgotten in a car. The nine-month-old child was taken to hospital by ambulance, however ...

A mother and son appeared in court on Tuesday following their arrest the previous day for possession of drugs and explosives. They were taken before Larnaca district court, which issued ...

A 77-year-old Nicosia resident was arrested on Monday in connection with the 14 mobile phones found last week inside a fridge in the central prisons. The phones, found alongside 12 charging cables, ...

Three people were arrested on Monday in Nicosia for robberies, torching a car and possession of drugs. The police said the residence of a 23-year-old was searched on Monday as ...

Deputy chief of police Panikos Stavrou has ordered an administrative investigation into a complaint filed by a mother that her infant had been abused at a daycare centre in Limassol ...

Four individuals suspected of involvement in the brutal murder of 16 donkeys in Karpasia on 16 February will remain in custody for an additional five days, it was reported on Friday. The ...

A 27-year-old man who was reported missing in Larnaca in 2013 has been located safe and sound in another country, the police said on Friday. The police said the man was ...

Mayors were outraged on hearing that Limassol municipality had been served with an invoice for €45,000 for the policing of Sunday’s carnival parade. The Union of Municipalities expressed its disapproval ...

The Cyprus police association expressed on Thursday its full support for the police leadership’s decision to charge municipalities and other organisers for the cost of policing events, a move ...

Police cautioned the public on Wednesday over scammers posing as Revolut representatives calling individuals and threatening to disconnect their accounts if they did not disclose their bank details during the ...