#Police

The Appeals Court has thrown out an appeal against a court decision to annul a police decision banning an officer from running in the 2021 parliamentary elections, it announced on Tuesday. ...

It is increasingly unlikely that more survivors will be found from the boat that capsized off Cape Greco following the retrieval of seven bodies, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on ...

Limassol’s municipal council on Monday rejected a €43,000 security fee requested by the police for this year’s carnival parade, igniting a larger conversation about how policing for public events ...

The autopsy of a nine-month-old infant who was found dead in its mother’s car on Friday will be carried out by forensic pathologist Angeliki Papetta on Saturday. The autopsy ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with senior officers on Friday to set the police force on course for a major overhaul as authorities push forward with a plan to modernise ...

Four individuals suspected of involvement in the brutal murder of 16 donkeys in Karpasia on 16 February will remain in custody for an additional five days, it was reported on Friday. The ...

A 27-year-old man who was reported missing in Larnaca in 2013 has been located safe and sound in another country, the police said on Friday. The police said the man was ...

Mayors were outraged on hearing that Limassol municipality had been served with an invoice for €45,000 for the policing of Sunday’s carnival parade. The Union of Municipalities expressed its disapproval ...

The Cyprus police association expressed on Thursday its full support for the police leadership’s decision to charge municipalities and other organisers for the cost of policing events, a move ...

Lawyers and MPs expressed reservations on Wednesday over proposed legislation to restrict the right to protest, however the police and state bodies said it was a good idea, while masqueraded ...

The police were on Monday subjected to questions by the House human rights committee over the arrest of three people who were taking part in a protest organised in support ...

A police officer has been suspended while the internal investigation service looks into a series of suspected offences, including corruption, the force said on Wednesday. Investigations are focusing on abuse ...

The cybercrime division of the police has issued a fresh warning over a surge in fraudulent SMS messages, urging the public to stay vigilant against scams targeting cryptocurrency users. According ...

Police on Monday were still searching for a 45-year-old man believed to be connected to a group of individuals who used forged state seals and impersonated officials. The man, a ...

Cyprus police have arrested on Friday, a 28-year-old man suspected of facilitating the illegal entry, transit, and stay of third-country nationals in Cyprus. Authorities are investigating his alleged role in ...

The justice minister said on Thursday that three new assistant chiefs of police will be appointed by the police chief. “It is a pending issue that we will address as ...

Cyprus’ police seized over 600 kilograms of cannabis in 2024, according to an announcement on Wednesday night. In a post on X, the social media platform better known as Twitter, the police ...

The Cyprus police have officially handed a report to Uefa’s match observer detailing security concerns at the GSP Stadium, adding further uncertainty ahead of Thursday’s Uefa conference league ...

Police arrested six more people on Tuesday in connection with violent clashes between officers and supporters of Omonia 29 May. The incidents took place outside Apollon’s indoor stadium during a ...

Swift action by police forces averted serious disturbances outside sports venues in Limassol and Nicosia late on Tuesday night. Officers moved in quickly to prevent violent clashes between rival football ...

New details are surfacing in a massive money laundering case cracked open by a Europe-wide operation.Last week, it was made known that two Ukrainian brothers were allegedly masterminding money ...

One of two Ukrainian brothers masterminding massive money laundering operations from Limassol has been arrested abroad on a European warrant in the framework of a Europe-wide clampdown, according to Cyprus ...

Police have requested the cooperation of the bicommunal crime committee in the ongoing Potamia case from its outset, the force said on Thursday. They have also requested the help from ...

Lawyer Theophanis Andreou on Wednesday slammed the health minister for his handling of the suspension of state pathologist Nicholas Charalambous over the Potamia fatal shooting case. “The minister was completely ...