#Cyprus police

Paphos cafes, restaurants and other recreational businesses said they would remain closed on Monday and Tuesday in protest over the recent police bookings of several hospitality businesses. The Paphos branch ...

Nicosia police said on Tuesday they were investigating premeditated murder following the discovery of the body of a woman in the buffer zone near Athienou. The body, believed to be ...

MPs have given the green light to the establishment of a dedicated police unit to handle cases of animal cruelty in what they said marked a step forward for animal ...

Police made several arrests for various offences over the past 24 hours, including possession of a knife and threatening an officer, drunk and disorderly conduct, and driving under the influence of ...

A total of twenty complaints of sexual harassment are being currently investigated by the police, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Thursday. He added that the number might increase in the ...

A 72-year-old man reported to police on Monday afternoon that his wallet containing a large amount of money was stolen from his car which he had left unlocked. He said ...

One of the people caught in Limassol gambling at a home was a police officer, the town’s CID chief said on Friday. Lefteris Kyriacou confirmed on Alpha television that ...

Two men were remanded in custody for eight days on Friday on suspicion of trying to abduct a child in Limassol the previous day. The suspects, 29 and 21, were arrested by ...

A special unit of Famagusta police has received four domestic violence complaints since it became operational on February 15, it was reported on Thursday. “The complaints were lodged by women against ...

A total of 395 complaints have been handled since September by new police domestic violence units, the force announced on Tuesday as a domestic violence NGO said its helpline receives about ...

Amid a public outcry over police’s heavy-handed handling of an anti-corruption demonstration in Nicosia last Saturday, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides has asked police to explain their actions. In a ...

Larnaca police are looking for a man who allegedly fired shots at the house of a 39-year-old early on Friday. The complainant called the police around 1.30am, ten minutes after ...

A number of mountains roads are slippery because of ice, police warned on Friday as they urged drivers to be particularly careful. All roads to Troodos (Karvounas-Troodos, Platres-Troodos and Prodromos-Troodos) ...

Cyprus police booked 89 citizens during the last 24 hours for breaching the measures against the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 11,205 checks were carried out ...

The government “completely respects” civil liberties, President Nicos Anastasiades said but if the epidemiological picture worsens it will be the fault of decree-breakers such as those who participated in last ...

Police explosives experts on Wednesday neutralised an improvised explosive device that was found outside offices in Nicosia. Police said on Twitter that the device was designed to be activated remotely ...

Police carried out more than 10,000 checks in the last 24 hours to curb the spread of Covid-19 and booked 73 individuals for violations of the measures. In total, 10,524 inspections were conducted, 3,337 in ...

A young musician who risks losing her sight in one eye following injury by a police water cannon at a Nicosia protest will file a lawsuit against specific officers, she ...

Four criminal investigators were on Tuesday appointed by the independent authority investigating complaints against police to look into how heavy-handed officers’ behaviour was against protestors at Saturday’s demonstration against ...

Opposition MPs on Monday piled on Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis for having reported to authorities a Twitter parody account – leading to police raiding the home of a Larnaca woman – with ...

Cypriot police arrested a 52-year-old woman in Prague on suspicion that she was involved in scamming a Cypriot businessman for €300,000. A European arrest warrant was issued against the woman – who ...

A woman was charged in Limassol after she refused to wear a mask on a bus and allegedly assaulted a police officer, reports said on Tuesday. Police intervened after receiving ...

Police have launched investigations after a foetus was found crudely buried in a bag at a cemetery in Paralimni. It was not immediately clear how many weeks into development the ...

Paphos police have arrested a man for illegal residence in the Republic. The man was arrested on Monday in the village of Yiolou, the Cyprus News Agency reported. It said ...