#Police

Police on Friday said they had searched the home of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) who said in a TikTok video that being gay was not natural. The video has since ...

A parent allegedly attacked several secondary school students, including a child with autism, for throwing a glass bottle that hit his car’s tyre in Larnaca, police said on Tuesday. ...

A 77-year-old woman died in a collision between two vehicles in the Avgorou area of Famagusta, police said on Saturday. The woman, Maroula Mantzalou, had been a passenger in a ...

Fine dodgers have amassed 26,889 unpaid fines at a cost of €21.4m, but the police are hoping that their recently appointed fine collecting unit will get the situation under control, it ...

Some 1,300 people will be hired in the police force and the fire department during the course of 2023, raising the government payroll. According to an earlier briefing to parliament by Justice ...

Two people, aged 27 and 19, were arrested on Wednesday night for the theft of a bicycle worth €10,000, which was stolen on December 10 from the parking lot of an apartment building in ...

The victim of an alleged abduction in Paphos was found by police in Chlorakas close to the pizza place where he was beaten up and shoved into a vehicle by ...

A man was abducted in Paphos on Wednesday evening, police said after finding the car used to take him in Tremithousa village. According to Paphos Police Spokesman Michalis Nicolaou at 5:45 ...

A 57-year-old that was electrocuted is in a stable condition at Famagusta General, police said on Wednesday about the man who was injured in a work accident earlier in the ...

Cycle police in Paphos issued 96 tickets last month for various offences, authorities said on Saturday. According to police, in November the cycle squad issued 96 tickets, helped 18 members of the public, ...

Police fined 80 people on e-scooters in one week, most of whom were reported for driving in unauthorised areas. The fines were issued during checks across the government-controlled areas carried out ...

Two women, who picked up a dropped wallet containing a large sum of cash at a supermarket in Paphos have been identified. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, on Saturday ...

Police in Paphos arrested one person for drugs and booked six local businesses for violations related to their operation, as part of a coordinated operation on the weekend. According to ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved off-season training schemes for hospitality workers in tourist areas and pay scale updates for the police and fire service, as well as upgrading the forestry ...

Memorial services were held to honour victims of traffic accidents across Cyprus on Sunday, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. At events held in Paphos and the ...

The Sovereign Base Area police has welcomed 37 new officers to its ranks after its latest round of recruits completed their two-year probationary period, it announced on Monday. The officers, 30 Greek ...

As a November 23 deadline approaches, the number of applications for 300 jobs policing the island’s 180-km long buffer zone against irregular migration has fallen short, with 147 people in total showing ...

Police have identified some cases where potential criminal offences may have been committed in the granting of loans by the now-defunct cooperative bank, plus other cases involving suspect loan write-offs, ...

An exercise at Metropolis Mall in Larnaca on Tuesday that simulated a terrorist attack was hailed by police as “a success.” The exercise, Zion 2022, which included two armed men aimed ...

Police will soon launch a pilot programme with local councils where the public can participate with crime-prevention organisations on issues directly affecting their neighbourhoods, Justice Minister Stephi Drakou said on ...

Police arrested a 37-year-old in a drug bust on a home in Limassol, where officers found one kg of cocaine, authorities said in an announcement on Saturday. According to police, ...

A 40-year-old was arrested in the Famagusta area for aiding migrants entering the country after a boat arrived in the night, police said on Saturday. According to police, the boat ...

During the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, police carried out 3.2 million checks on the public and issued 42,482 fines, raking in almost €6 million for state coffers from the 16,474 fines ...

British bases police in Dhekelia made 14 arrests during two weeks in October for driving whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI). These statistics have led to increased police ...