Marine police rescue 455 migrants in 2019
The marine police rescued 455 migrants in 13 different incidents in 2019, its head Theocharis Christodoulou said on Thursday. “The marine police are a specialised...
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Six people, including two children, rescued off Larnaca
Six people including two children were rescued on Thursday in the sea area southeast of Larnaca. The Larnaca Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said it...
Woman rescued after panicking during Zenobia dive (updated)
A British woman was rescued on Tuesday morning after she panicked while taking a diving lesson near the Zenobia shipwreck in Larnaca. According to police,...
Group of Syrians rescued off Cape Greco (Updated)
Twenty Syrians were rescued south of Cape Greco on Monday after authorities were notified that their vessel was sailing out of control. A marine police...
24 Syrians on migrant boat rescued off Cape Greco
Twenty four Syrians, 16 adults and eight children under the age of eight were rescued off Cape Greco on the island’s south-east, on Friday afternoon,...
Two rescued when boat capsizes off Paphos
Marine police on Sunday rescued two people on an Israeli-owned boat off the Faros area in Paphos after it capsized. According to port police, the...
Two rescued by marine police off Latchi
Marine police on Sunday rescued two people who’s small craft was filling with water off Latchi in the north-west of the island, due to strong...
Syrian refugees rescued off north-west coast
Eighty-three Syrian refugees drifting in a boat left powerless after engine failure were towed into Latsi harbour by marine police, early Friday. Information was received...
Marine police to have permanent presence at Kato Pyrgos
The Marine Police will permanently station a boat at the Kato Pyrgos fishing reserve in order to monitor the coastline for people-smuggling, it was confirmed...
Dead man in sea identified as tourist, lifeguards urge compliance with the rules (Updated)
The 52-year-old Russian tourist, found floating dead in the sea on Wednesday off Protaras, died from multiple injuries, police said on Thursday. The man’s...
Four rescued from sinking boat off Limassol
Four Lebanese nationals, three men and a woman, were rescued by Cypriot marine police on Sunday after the yacht they were in started taking in...
Migrants rescued off Polis, 27 on board fishing trawler (Update 2)
The police’s marine fleet on Thursday evening mounted a rescue operation for 27 people aboard a fishing trawler adrift in seas off the Akamas peninsula....
One of two missing men found dead (update 3)
A 39-year-old man missing along with his father, 65, after they went fishing in the Xylophagou area on Sunday, has been found dead, police said....
Study for the creation of coastguard in the pipeline
A study is under way into the establishment of a coastguard, a force that will be independent from police, whose marine branch currently fulfils that...
