#Cyprus police

A police officer has been suspended after she tested positive during a narcotest, an announcement from Limassol police said on Friday. According to the police, the woman was found positive ...

In total 14 third country nationals who were illegally in Cyprus returned to their countries as part of a joint Frontex forced returned operation by charted flights, police said on Wednesday. ...

Paphos police on Wednesday were seeking two suspects in a case of theft, which reportedly took place on Monday. According to spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, on Monday a woman reported that ...

The man gunned down and murdered in broad daylight in Limassol on Monday had been struck by 10 bullets a post mortem showed on Tuesday after police said they were worried ...

Taxpayers’ money is being squandered as police officers have become “full time drivers” transporting people to available holding cells across the island, the police branch of the Isotita trade union ...

Nicosia district court on Sunday remanded two people for five days over an attack against police officers in the capital’s old town. Officers were alerted of a fracas at ...

A 68-year-old man suspected of possessing and distributing child pornography was arrested in Famagusta, police said on Sunday. Members of the cybercrime unit received information that a user on a ...

A 36-year-old man in Paphos is in the intensive care unit at Paphos general, after being stabbed by a 61-year-old man, police said on Friday. Police said that the victim, ...

Police on Friday warned the public that deepfake scams were becoming more common and to be aware. According to the definition, deepfakes are images or videos “that have been digitally ...

Police on Friday warned of a new scam whereby people are being told their reservations at tourist accommodation was being cancelled “due to them not fulfilling their payment conditions”. According ...

Search and rescue teams are scrambling to find a diver that went missing on Thursday off the coast of Larnaca. The diver was under water near the Zenobia shipwreck as ...

The lane of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway that was shut down on Thursday causing massive disruption, after a truck collided into another causing it to overturn, was opened to traffic at ...

Police on Thursday are investigating a fire that broke out in the early morning hours in a parked car in Strovolos area. According to the police, fire services extinguished the ...

The headquarters of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) was attacked with red paint on Thursday night. Workers arriving at the building on Friday morning were confronted by the walls, ...

Thirteen state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly motorbikes were delivered on Wednesday to the Paphos municipality for its traffic department. Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said that after 12 years, the traffic department was upgrading its fleet ...

Negotiators from the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) police and the Cyprus police underwent refresher training alongside the Cyprus police,s emergency response unit (MMAD), the British Bases said on Tuesday. ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday discussed the possibility of designating sexual harassment in the police force and fire brigade a disciplinary offence. The aim, they said, is to ...

Measures to further strengthen the operational capacity of the police were announced on Tuesday evening by the government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, after the meeting held by President Nikos Christodoulides with ...

A 40-year-old is being treated with a severe head injury in Limassol, police said on Sunday, following a fight the night before. According to police the man arranged to meet ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied commenting on the matter of the Russian journalist sent back to Moscow, following his detainment in Nicosia a few days ago. The journalist’s ...

Police in Letymbou, Paphos are investigating a car arson on Sunday, after a pick-up truck caught fire earlier. According to police, the fire broke out in the bed of the ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for two days by the Paphos district court, under suspicion of drug possession and for drink driving, police said on Sunday. According to Paphos police, ...

The main goal of the state is to enable the police force to effectively execute operational response plans, the government spokesman said on Friday. Konstantinos Letymbiotis was responding to comments ...

The replacement – or not – of police chief Stelios Papatheodorou has dragged on for a month, with President Nikos Christodoulides still unable to decide what to do. The chief has refused ...