#Cyprus police

Police union Isotita on Tuesday called for a meeting involving President Nikos Christodoulides, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and police-chief Themistos Arnaoutis amid an ongoing dispute over police overtime. Spokesman Nikos ...

Seven people were arrested overnight for drug possession, offensive weapons and illegal residency, police reported on Tuesday. Officers stopped 345 vehicles and checked 146 occupants during targeted patrols. A further 31 premises were ...

Police arrested 10 people and issued 337 traffic citations during overnight operations carried out across the island. The 10 arrests were made for a range of offences, including assault, extortion, failure to appear ...

Eight people were arrested overnight during coordinated police operations carried out across Cyprus as part of targeted crime prevention efforts, police said on Thursday. The arrests involved a range of ...

Police made ten arrests overnight as part of targeted prevention operations carried out across Cyprus, in a drive aimed at deterring serious crime, maintaining public order and boosting public safety. ...

Allegations against deputy chief Panikos Stavrou resurfaced on Tuesday after social media personality Ioanna Fotiou, known online as Annie Alexui, published references to a decade-old case and claimed she possesses ...

The police arrested two individuals aged 38 and 32 on Friday on suspicion of terrorism. According to philenews, the two men are Palestinians and were arrested following searches at their residences near ...

A woman fell to her death from the fourth floor of a block of flats in Limassol on Friday afternoon. Initial reports indicated the woman was cleaning a balcony of ...

Eleven people were arrested overnight as part of targeted police operations carried out across Cyprus aimed at preventing serious crime and maintaining public order. According to the police announcement there ...

Questions over the handling of the Stylianou suicide case intensified on Wednesday after further details emerged regarding the investigation into police chief Themistos Arnaoutis and the decision of the legal ...

More than 2,000 police officers will be on duty for the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the police’s head of communications Marina Christodoulidou said on Wednesday. “Our goal is for the ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris is reportedly unhappy with the police leadership’s decision to change the working hours of crime prevention unit (OPE) officers without prior consultation, sources at the ...

Police in Nicosia said on Wednesday they had arrested two men aged 22 and 19 as part of an investigation into drug offences and the illegal possession of a firearm. According to ...

Police arrested four people overnight during a series of coordinated checks carried out across Cyprus as part of a nationwide enforcement operation targeting key urban areas. According to a police ...

Police-chief Themistos Arnaoutis is among 15 officers that independent criminal investigators recommended for criminal prosecution on Tuesday in relation to alleged failures in the handling of domestic violence complaints before the 2019 ...

Police arrested five people during overnight operations on Monday targeting crime and traffic offences, authorities said on Tuesday. The arrests involved offences including begging, failure to appear in court and ...

Police have categorically denied that the matter of issuing an arrest warrant against journalist Makarios Drousiotis was ever raised in connection with an ongoing case linked to complaints he has ...

Four people were arrested on Saturday night during police operations carried out across Cyprus, police said on Sunday. According to the police, officers stopped and checked 582 drivers and 169 passengers during ...

Police carried out extensive overnight operations nationwide, resulting in three arrests, hundreds of traffic violations and the seizure of 15 vehicles. According to a police statement issued on Saturday, officers said 638 ...

The 37-year-old driver who ran over and seriously injured a 24-year-old man working on the Paphos-Limassol highway on Thursday morning told police he had been distracted. The police said the ...

A new stabbing in the central prisons has come to light, although the incident has not been officially announced, according to press reports on Friday. A man claimed he had ...

The police reported 281 drivers for various traffic violations in overnight operations, including 128 for speeding. During the night, 458 vehicles were pulled over and 562 drivers and passengers checked. Three individuals were found ...

The 26-year-old man suspected of kidnapping his 23-month-old child from Limassol was on Thursday placed under arrest by authorities in the north. According to Turkish Cypriot media, the man is ...

Police on Thursday placed under arrest a 37-year-old driver after he ran over a 24-year-old man on the Paphos-Limassol highway. The incident happened around 9.40am. According to the police, the ...