#Police

Police officers had their moustaches shaved on Friday morning to mark the end of ‘Movember’, with officers having grown moustaches throughout the month to raise awareness of and funds for ...

Two young men accused of firing shots at a wedding party in Mesogi last August pleaded not guilty to all charges in a Paphos court on Thursday. The defendants, both 23 ...

The trial of the two men who stand accused of having murdered 39-year-old Andreas Kouzoupis and 38-year-old David Chmelar and then putting their bodies in a car which they then ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 35-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus on Tuesday morning in connection with two theft cases, according to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou. Nikolaou said that the ...

A 24-year-old man was robbed on Monday night in Limassol, with the perpetrators stealing his motorcycle. According to a complaint filed by the victim, an Indian student residing in Cyprus, ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a man on Monday as part of an investigation into a jewellery store burglary and theft According to a police statement, a 36-year-old man was taken ...

As part of an investigation into an alleged sham marriage case, police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday. A police statement released on Tuesday said that the man was taken ...

The Limassol district court on Friday issued a six-day detention order for two men, aged 20 and 25, who were arrested as suspects in connection with recent assaults on food delivery drivers ...

Police in the north have begun wearing body cameras, according to reports in Turkish Cypriot media. Newspaper Ozgur Gazete on Thursday published photographs of a police officer in Kyrenia appearing ...

The government is determined to clamp down on racist attacks against delivery drivers, which are primarily unfolding in Limassol, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. In statements after a ...

Finikoudes seafront in Larnaca is getting a permanent police presence, with an information kiosk and foot patrol officers, to crack down on crime and increase the sense of safety among ...

An uninsured car driven by a 16-year-old was involved in a traffic accident in Paphos on Tuesday, after which the minor left the scene. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis ...

The police are “concerned” by the ongoing rise of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol, they said on Tuesday, ahead of a high-level meeting over the matter on Wednesday. Wednesday’...

Police are taking increased security measures across points of entry, embassies and other sensitive locations, due to the situation in the Middle East, spokesman for the force Christos Andreou said ...

The police on Thursday night swung into action to rescue five people who became stranded at sea when a mechanical fault occurred on their boat. The boat’s captain requested ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on the authorities to speed up their investigations into matters involving corruption and organised crime. Christodoulides held a meeting on the subject of corruption ...

Cyprus police and the British bases have completed a week-long training course on addressing a hostage crisis, aimed at making Cyprus safer. The Cyprus police hostage negotiators’ refresher training took ...

There is a glaring gap in training and security protocols for the prison service and police officers, which became all the more apparent after convict Doros Theofanous last month escaped ...

A female prisoner who kicked a police officer in the course of her transfer from Nicosia to Paphos, is to appear before the Paphos district court on Monday. The woman, ...

Eight people in the Paphos and Limassol districts were arrested on suspicion of having funded an unnamed terrorist organisation, police spokesman Christos Andreou confirmed on Thursday. Later, a court ordered ...

Two men were arrested in the Famagusta district on Monday in connection with theft and illegal possession of property, police said in a statement on Tuesday. The suspects, aged 29 and 31, ...

Cyprus’ new police chief Themistos Arnaoutis was sworn in on Monday afternoon, along with new deputy chief Panikos Stavrou, after President Nikos Christodoulides fired its leadership over the escape of ...

The government expects the police force to come up with a “roadmap” for improvements after its two chief officers were fired, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. The police ...

Akel on Monday lambasted governments past and present over the state of Cyprus’ police in the wake of President Nikos Christodoulides’ decision to sack the chief of police, his deputy, ...