Posts tagged with "Police"

Police arrest five for illegal entry Cyprus

Police arrest five for illegal entry

September 19th, 2018 Larnaca police arrested five people for illegal entry into the island after a vehicle driven by a 40-year-old man was checked in the early morning hours of Wednesday. The car had been stopped a little after 2am and was later driven, along with its five passengers, to a police station. Further examinations revealed that the four men...
Enforcement is key to prevent underage drinking Cyprus

Enforcement is key to prevent underage drinking

September 18th, 2018 By Elias Hazou ONLY a comprehensive approach to preventing minors from having access to alcohol will work, lawmakers said on Monday as they continued discussion of a bill that would raise the legal age for alcohol consumption from 17 to 18. The bill was tabled by Greens MP Charalambos Theopemptou. But legislators said laws...
Police fire shot during Limassol car chase Cyprus

Police fire shot during Limassol car chase

September 7th, 2018 Police in Limassol fired a warning shot in a bid to stop two suspects in a stolen vehicle early on Friday morning. The vehicle had been spotted by a police patrol at 3.30am near the town’s old port. Officers saw that it had been reported stolen in June in Nicosia and tried to intercept it but its driver accelerated and tried to...
Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen's murder Americas

Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen's murder

August 30th, 2018 A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in US policing. The same jury that convicted Roy Oliver, 38, of murder on Tuesday in the death of Jordan Edwards, 15,...
Police to step up patrols over the holiday period Cyprus

Police to step up patrols over the holiday period

August 10th, 2018 By Kristian Chrysostomou Police have launched an island-wide campaign to warn the public about the possibility of increased burglaries over the August holiday, as well as issuing advice on road safety in the coming week when a lot of movement is expected. Burglaries and theft are much more likely to occur during the summer months,...
Man drives into wall of Russian consulate in Limassol Cyprus

Man drives into wall of Russian consulate in Limassol

August 7th, 2018 Police in Limassol on Tuesday arrested a 45-year-old man who drove his car into the perimeter wall of the Russian consulate but were quick to rule out a terrorist act. The incident happened at around 1pm outside the consulate on Gladstone Street. He then entered the yard and smashed the glass of the office entrance. The man was...
Police now seeking more sophisticated speed-camera system   Cyprus

Police now seeking more sophisticated speed-camera system  

August 3rd, 2018 By Kristian Chrysostomou Police have asked the transport ministry to install more sophisticated cameras which as well as recording speed, can also check for other crimes such as not wearing a seatbelt or talking to the phone while driving. This is likely to delay the installation of speed cameras as was planned by the transport...
Europol and Cyprus police pledge to strengthen cooperation Cyprus

Europol and Cyprus police pledge to strengthen cooperation

July 27th, 2018 Information provided by Europol has helped Cyprus police investigations in 70 per cent of child pornography cases, Cyprus Chief of Police Zacharia Chrysostomou said on Friday during a meeting with Europol Director Catherine De Bolle. De Bolle and Chrysostomou met to discuss the current state of affairs, coincidentally after the...
Police crime unit moves into new headquarters Cyprus

Police crime unit moves into new headquarters

July 24th, 2018 Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou and police chief, Zacharias Chrysostomou, inaugurated on Tuesday the new offices of the Nicosia police crime investigation unit (CID). The new office space has all the conditions to allow CID officers perform their duties effectively, Nicolaou said. “We put particular emphasis on preventing and...
Tribute after tribute after tribute Entertainment

Tribute after tribute after tribute

June 30th, 2018 Next week will all be about tribute bands. From the rocking sounds of the Frontline Band paying tribute to Pink Floyd to a more Motown kind of sound with a tribute to Dianna Ross and the Supremes, to the British rock sound of the 70s with a tribute to The Police, the music nostalgia of the good old days will be sung out in spades. The...
Police seize items in counterfeit case Cyprus

Police seize items in counterfeit case

June 28th, 2018   After a two-day investigation police on Thursday announced they had found passports, mobile phones and other items in the Paphos flat rented by a 36-year-old man who was arrested in Germany earlier in the week. Police officers seized 10 passports from various countries, 71 mobile phones, a computer, bronze plates, a number...
Police to increase road safety measures and presence Cyprus

Police to increase road safety measures and presence

June 26th, 2018 Police said on Tuesday they would increase road safety measures following an increase in the amount of fatal and serious traffic accidents. Authorities agreed at meeting with Police Chief Zacharias Chrysostomou to increase the number of traffic police, by moving 50 officers from other departments in addition to 50 police cadets who...
100 new graduates from police academy Cyprus

100 new graduates from police academy

June 21st, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday wished all the best to the 100 police cadets of the class of 2017, during a graduation ceremony in Nicosia. In his keynote address, Anastasiades congratulated the 100 new members of the police, but said their sense of pride should be coupled with a sense of responsibility to uphold the law and...
Police brief Disy on underworld crackdown Crime

Police brief Disy on underworld crackdown

June 13th, 2018 Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou and a delegation from the party on Wednesday visited police headquarters in Nicosia, receiving a briefing on the police force’s recent clampdown on organised crime from chief Zacharias Chrysostomou. "I have informed the president and the delegation about the strategic objectives and priorities of...
Police auction lost and stolen items Cyprus

Police auction lost and stolen items

June 8th, 2018 Stolen and lost laptops, sunglasses and mobile phones were among dozens of items auctioned off by police in Famagusta this week, it was reported on Friday. According to CNA, Famagusta police spokesman Andreas Constantinou said the loot also included men's watches, items of jewellery, bicycles, mopeds and diving equipment. "The...
Outcry over remand of migrant woman said to have stolen ham and pasta Cyprus

Outcry over remand of migrant woman said to have stolen ham and pasta

June 7th, 2018 By Andria Kades An investigation is underway into the circumstances of case in which a five-year-old child was separated from her mother who is currently in custody for allegedly stealing food from a neighbour. A statement on Thursday by Leda Koursoumba, the commissioner for the rights of children, said her office was examining a...
Cleaning the stable of Augeas Opinion

Cleaning the stable of Augeas

June 3rd, 2018 By George Koumoullis IN THE LAST week we have read about the Cyprus government’s plan to examine, politically and legally, the case of the Turkish Cypriot member of TMT, Turgut Yenagrali, who said that in 1974 he indiscriminately killed Greek Cypriot prisoners. This exposed the government’s hypocrisy and double standards. Another...
Police: not all angels but Paphos mayor needs to back up his claims Cyprus

Police: not all angels but Paphos mayor needs to back up his claims

May 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Police officers on Saturday called on Paphos Mayor, Phedon Phedonos, to submit to the force’s internal audit service any evidence of corruption, saying it was actions, not empty words that would help combat corruption. During a news conference, the associations ‘Senior Police Officers’ and the ‘Cyprus Police...
Paphos bar manager arrested for third time over ambiguous noise-level rules Cyprus

Paphos bar manager arrested for third time over ambiguous noise-level rules

May 19th, 2018 By Bejay Browne A popular wine bar in Paphos old town is appealing to the authorities to give them clear guidance on acceptable noise levels after the manager was arrested this week for the third time in a year. Tatiana Gaydanskaya, owner of Boulevard bistro and wine bar on Kennedy square told the Cyprus Mail on Friday that she was...
Our View: We need new tactics to tackle organised crime Our View

Our View: We need new tactics to tackle organised crime

May 13th, 2018 THE media love a crime story and in the last few weeks they have had the double murder in Strovolos that played out like a mystery yarn, and the shoot-out in Ypsonas, in which two policemen were injured, one critically. Newspapers, websites, television stations and social media produced countless reports about police investigations, not...
Police accuse Phedonos of populism Cyprus

Police accuse Phedonos of populism

May 10th, 2018 By George Psyllides The police went head-to-head with the Paphos mayor on Thursday, accusing him of populism, as Phedonas Phedonos continued to accuse the force of incompetence and corruption. In a written statement, the police rejected the mayor’s crushing criticism as unfounded, adding that it refused to follow populist path...
Officer investigated over theft from corpse Cyprus

Officer investigated over theft from corpse

May 9th, 2018 A police officer has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations that he stole valuables from the body of a dead person he had been transporting. The special constable, who serves at the force’s body removal department, was accused of stealing two rings from the fingers of a corpse during transportation to the morgue,...
Top cop scathing of welfare dept's attitudes to trafficking victims Cyprus

Top cop scathing of welfare dept's attitudes to trafficking victims

April 16th, 2018 A damning letter by the deputy police chief has accused social welfare services of neglecting trafficking victims, spending little time with them and taking too long to make decisions that could help them. Details of the letter were published on Monday by daily Politis. It was sent last month to the justice ministry and police chief...
Police kept busy over Easter, no serious injuries recorded Cyprus

Police kept busy over Easter, no serious injuries recorded

April 10th, 2018 A firecracker thrown by three boys set fire to a truck in Larnaca on Monday, as the Easter festivities wound down without serious injuries but lots of public disturbance and rioting. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said no serious injuries from firecrackers had been recorded as the force cracked down on the ‘tradition’ and...
Policing the police Crime

Policing the police

March 25th, 2018 By Andria Kades A group of police officers will now be policing their own, as part of a new internal audit service that began operating this week, aimed at clamping down on corruption. In Cyprus, the force is often accused of nepotism, questionable relations between suspects and officers and having a general air of being above the...
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