#Cyprus police

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday condemned the violent incidents which unfolded over the weekend between teenagers and police officers across the country, leaving havoc in their wake. The destructive incidents ...

Overnight clashes with police officers in Limassol, Larnaca, and Nicosia on Friday led to dozens of arrests, leaving widespread destruction in their wake. Damaged property included police vehicles, school buildings, ...

Disciplinary investigations against trade unionist policeman Nikos Loizides were suspended on Friday, following a decision by police chief Themistos Arnaoutis. Loizides was informed of the developments as he went to ...

A campaign to prevent traffic violations was carried out this week by Paphos police in areas where young people gather. It aimed at raising awareness among younger people about traffic ...

Police arrested a 71-year-old on Monday evening in connection with two large cocaine-related cases, after he was located in Germany and handed over to the Cypriot authorities. On May 13, 2022, a 58...

Experts will be entering Paphos’ desalination plant for investigations if deemed safe after the building was cleared out on Tuesday. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said the building was still ...

A 26-year-old man, who was found wounded in the yard of an abandoned block of flats in Limassol, with fractures and multiple bruising, is being treated in critical condition. Police ...

Three people were arrested in Paphos on Monday for allegedly circulating forged documents and impersonation. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said that between 7.30pm and 8pm, three people attempted to ...

The police on Friday declared that they are “ready to maintain security and order” ahead of a planned protest on Sunday in support of the “mujahideen fighting in Idlib and ...

Police officers had their moustaches shaved on Friday morning to mark the end of ‘Movember’, with officers having grown moustaches throughout the month to raise awareness of and funds for ...

The Supreme Court ordered the state to pay a further €3,000 in punitive damages to each of two citizens who were beaten up by members of the police force. The citizens ...

A Limassol man was arrested after being found acting suspiciously by members of the crime prevention squad after they had received a tip off he had broken into a house ...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Tuesday for importing and possessing 25kg of cannabis. Larnaca criminal court heard that the man had been arrested on arrival ...

The police force on Thursday received a gift in the form a surveillance drone which it said it would put to use immediately. Equipped with state-of-the-art thermal cameras, the drone ...

An 18-year-old was arrested on Monday night in connection with car theft. Police received a complaint that a car with the keys in the ignition had been stolen from an ...

Paphos police arrested two people on Monday night in connection with conspiracy to commit a felony, burglary and theft, possession of burglary tools and malicious damage. On November 13 at 10.45pm, ...

Police arrested a 47-year-old man for possession and transport of an illegal firearm,  possession of explosives without a licence, and assault and bodily harm.  According to police, a sailor from ...

A 20-year-old student from Greece died in Nicosia on Sunday, after a car crash with another six people, police said. The 20-year-old girl, Eirini Kontogiorgou, had been a passenger along ...

Two young men accused of firing shots at a wedding party in Mesogi last August pleaded not guilty to all charges in a Paphos court on Thursday. The defendants, both 23 ...

The trial of the two men who stand accused of having murdered 39-year-old Andreas Kouzoupis and 38-year-old David Chmelar and then putting their bodies in a car which they then ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 35-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus on Tuesday morning in connection with two theft cases, according to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou. Nikolaou said that the ...

A 41-year-old man wanted in Limassol for kidnapping was arrested on Friday in Paphos after a police chase. Paphos police deputy operations manager Michalis Nicolaou said police received a tipoff ...

Police arrested a 23-year-old man on Friday evening in connection with burglaries and theft in Larnaca. At 1.30am, police received a call that a civilian had found a person acting ...

The police have warned the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) that they may stop policing matches if the use of flares, firecrackers, and fireworks continues. This follows incidents involving fans during ...