#Cyprus police

Despite early progress in reducing road deaths, Cyprus experienced a 22 per cent surge in road fatalities in 2024, reversing a two-year downward trend. Authorities reported 41 deaths, compared to 34 in 2023, when the ...

An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday night against a 21-year-old foreigner in connection with Thursday’s attempted murder in Kornos, in which a 30-year-old was injured. Police are investigating ...

Four police officers are to be suspended following the escape and subsequent capture of the Romanian who escaped while in custody at hospital. Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday afternoon ...

Authorities temporarily closed two lanes on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway following a mechanical failure of a cement mixer. The incident occurred near the GSP Stadium, affecting traffic heading towards Nicosia. Traffic ...

Police are investigating an attack against a customer by a food courier and other people in Paphos. According to the police, a resident of Mouttalos community reported that he had ...

A 41-year-old man from Georgia, wanted by the Greek authorities, was arrested on Thursday evening by members of Limassol’s bicycle police patrol. He was remanded in custody until January 2 ...

A 43-year-old, who had been wanted for questioning regarding the theft of a lorry, malicious damage to property and conspiracy to commit a crime, was arrested on Monday and placed ...

A fire totally destroyed a 125cc motorcycle on Saturday at 4am, in Strovolos. The bike was parked at the side of the road and appears to belong to a 28-year-old, ...

Police are close to solving a series of cases concerning recent burglaries and theft in Famagusta district, after arresting a 41-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman. The suspects’ apartment was ...

A house was broken into on Thursday night in Mouttalos, Paphos, and the burglars managed to get away with €500 and electronic equipment, while the owner was out. Police investigated the ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Nicosia, after a 42-year-old woman reported that someone had broken into storage facilities at a block of flats in Nicosia and stolen ...

Frontline police officers should receive a hazard allowance for working in  dangerous and adverse conditions, Isotita trade union said on Thursday. In a letter to chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis, ...

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 ...

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 ...