#Cyprus police

A 24-year-old suspect in police custody for the alleged possession of counterfeit euro notes and drugs escaped from Yermasoyia police station on Thursday morning. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday ...

Over 5,500 counterfeit items have been seized from several shops in the Famagusta district, police said on Thursday. A joint operation by police and the customs department turned up over 5,500 items ...

Police officers found a large quantity of duty-free tobacco in the luggage of two people who were preparing to fly to the UK from Paphos late on Wednesday. An X-ray ...

A 60-year-old Larnaca man is under arrest on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography over the internet. The cybercrime unit said it had received a tip-off from Europol ...

New head of Paphos police Nicos Tsappis took full charge on Wednesday, taking over from Nikos Pentaras, who had been in the post since 2017. “My aim is to produce tangible ...

Another three people were arrested at Larnaca and Paphos airports on Sunday on suspicion of attempting to travel to European destinations with documents that did not belong to them. One ...

A Nicosia business was fined €8000 and a Larnaca supermarket €4000 as part of police checks for Covid measures in the past 24 hours. They were among 31 individuals and six businesses found to ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of threatening and stealing €3,740 from a family in Limassol. The incident was reported by a 27-year-old man who said that on August 30, four ...

A 29-year-old man who found more than €3,000 in cash scattered on the road and handed it over to the police is an example for everyone, police said on Tuesday. In ...

A 13-year-old boy was caught driving recklessly and dangerously with another minor in the car in Larnaca district, police said early on Tuesday. As part of prevention of juvenile crime ...

A 31-year-old man is in police custody on suspicion of assisting irregular migrants from Lebanon travel by boat to Cape Greco last week. The man was arrested in Paphos on ...

A 75-year-old man was arrested after police found more than two kilos of cannabis in his possession on arrival at Larnaca airport in the early hours of Friday morning. The ...

Police on Friday announced the loss of the first member of the force from coronavirus. Sergeant Stelios Panayiotou died at the age of 58 in Nicosia. “Police are mourning the death ...

A 58-year-old man will stand trial for the murder of his neighbour and the attempted murder of the victim’s father during an argument over a parking spot in Yeri ...

A woman, 32, and a man, 40, were remanded for five days on Friday on suspicion of stealing €12,000 worth of items from a Paphos home earlier this month, police said on Friday. ...

Five businesses in Limassol and Paphos were charged €500 each for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Friday. The businesses concern a pub and a mini kiosk in Limassol and a ...

Paphos police have arrested a 54-year-old man as it investigates a case of assault and causing grievous bodily harm, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. This follows a complaint ...

Police on Friday said they identified several suspects in relation to a fake post on social media that claimed a 12-year-old child had died in Limassol a day after receiving ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday on suspicion of taking part in fan clashes last week in Limassol. The suspect was detained on Tuesday. ...

Two 27-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 35-year-old man in Paphos and will appear in court on a later date, police said on Wednesday. Police said the alleged ...

A drunk driver drove against traffic and caused a collision late on Tuesday in Larnaca while two other drivers were booked for driving under the influence of alcohol in Nicosia ...

Police and the department of prisons on Monday agreed that the clash at the Nicosia central prisons between prisoners and officers who were conducting cell searches earlier this month was ...

Police said on Friday they had issued fines to 28 individuals and five establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures. The force said it ...

A Cypriot citizen wanted by the authorities since 2019 for financial crimes was arrested on Sunday in Germany and is being held there while awaiting extradition to the island. The suspect ...