#Cyprus police

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 ...

A 20-year-old student from Greece died in Nicosia on Sunday, after a car crash with another six people, police said. The 20-year-old girl, Eirini Kontogiorgou, had been a passenger along ...

A 41-year-old man wanted in Limassol for kidnapping was arrested on Friday in Paphos after a police chase. Paphos police deputy operations manager Michalis Nicolaou said police received a tipoff ...

Police arrested a 23-year-old man on Friday evening in connection with burglaries and theft in Larnaca. At 1.30am, police received a call that a civilian had found a person acting ...

The police have warned the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) that they may stop policing matches if the use of flares, firecrackers, and fireworks continues. This follows incidents involving fans during ...

Parliament’s decision to raise the threshold of driving licence penalty points required for a temporary driving ban from 12 to 16 “sets the wrong example” to society, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides ...

A 15-year-old was arrested and detained on Wednesday in connection with an attack and attempted theft against a delivery driver in Limassol. Three others had been arrested on October 25. Two ...

Two teens, aged 15 and 16, were arrested on Wednesday in Paphos to facilitate investigations in connection with conspiracy to commit a crime, theft and carrying a knife. Police were informed at 5.10...

An operation to dismantle a black money and money laundering network was launched in Limassol on Monday, under Europol guidance in close cooperation with Cyprus police. According to Philenews sources, ...

A civilian chased and immobilised a 51-year-old suspect for burglary and theft from a house, on Tuesday in Limassol. The suspect was found to be wanted for five cases and ...

Police confiscated controlled pharmaceutical and drug products on Tuesday during a raid on shops in Paphos, in cooperation with health ministry officers. The coordinated operation targeted two shops. Police found 26 ...

Two 17-year-olds were arrested on Tuesday in Larnaca and Famagusta to facilitate investigations into a case of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, disturbance, breach of the peace and malicious damage, ...

Yiasser Arar, 40, told the criminal court on Tuesday that he took part in the murder plot against 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou as he owed a personal debt. Sentence will be passed ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for causing grievous bodily harm in an assault in October 2023 in Limassol. A photo and the details of the suspect were posted on ...

Scammers posing as online bank clerks are contacting people on WhatsApp suggesting they withdraw money from their accounts, police said on Tuesday. Police said they had received complaints regarding the ...

Police said on Sunday a vehicle was severely damaged in a fire that was set in the early hours by an unknown assailant. According to police, at around 2.30 am a 74...

A 24-year-old was injured on Friday night in Oroklini by an attacker bearing a sharp object. Police said that at 10.50pm an unknown person attacked the 24-year-old, who suffered a ...

Police are investigating attempted murder after a 22-year-old was heavily wounded in a stabbing at a Limassol bar. A 27-year-old, named by the police as Mehmet Nikola Mehmet, born on ...