#Police

A defendant attempted to flee from his court hearing early on Thursday, leading to police firing warning shots in the air as they dashed after him. The 44-year-old managed to ...

Three people were arrested in Larnaca on Wednesday as part of an ongoing clampdown on illegal and undeclared work, police said on Thursday. The campaign is being carried out by ...

A 40-year-old man is under arrest in connection with two burglaries carried out in March and April in the Limassol district, police said on Thursday. Testimony also emerged that the ...

A 46-year-old man in Nicosia was fined €3000 after police and customs in Nicosia found duty free tobacco in his home and car, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It ...

A 35-year-old man has been hospitalised after he was assaulted on Tuesday night at the apartment of his former partner in Livadia, police said on Wednesday. His condition is described ...

Police on Wednesday urged the public to be on alert following a spate of complaints of misleading messages claiming to be from banks seeking to obtain personal information. In an ...

A 69-year-old man was on Thursday charged with the attempted premeditated murder of his son in the village of Pyrga in the Larnaca district in May, the Cyprus News Agency ...

Two people both aged 20 were arrested early on Thursday morning in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), police said. According to the police, two ...

Two men aged 21 and 26 are under arrest as Paphos police investigate a complaint by a 25-year-old that he had been abducted and assaulted. The alleged incident occurred on June 27. The ...

A 35-year-old motorcycle driver from Paralimni died early on Thursday after sustaining serious injuries following a road accident a few hours earlier. Giorgos Koronides was riding a motorbike which was ...

Fifteen third country nationals who were in Cyprus illegally have been repatriated in cooperation with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard agency, police said on Wednesday. The 15 were repatriated ...

A 36-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday after cannabis plants were found in his property, police said on Wednesday. Acting on a search warrant, drug squad officers searched the man’...

Police in Paphos are investigating a case of alleged kidnapping and assault against a 25-year-old, who reported two men attacking him late on Tuesday. The man said he was in ...

Paphos police have issued an arrest warrant for a 49-year-old man as they investigate a complaint that he had been paid €46,500 to import two cars but failed to deliver the ...

Police have made two arrests for illegal employment and residence, while labour inspectors issued six fines for undeclared work after checks in Paralimni and Derynia on Thursday evening. In an ...

Police in Paralimni have charged a man with drunk driving after he was caught behind the steering wheel nearly five times over the legal limit, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that allows the police force to hire 300 special constables who will be deployed to help stem migrant flows. The special constables, to ...

Police have made three arrests for car theft, catching two of the suspects with one of the two stolen vehicles. In an announcement on Thursday, police said that at around 6.45 ...

Limassol police are investigating a case of online fraud after receiving a complaint on Wednesday from a 66-year-old man who reported having been robbed of €88,930. The man said that, around ...

Police are investigating theft from a bank account and securing goods under false pretenses after a British permanent resident of Paphos reported that her missing credit card had been used ...

Paphos police are investigating a burglary and the theft of passports, cash, and jewellery from a safe, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that a little after ...

The association of senior police officers on Saturday said it was confident the independent investigation into allegations made by central prisons director Anna Aristotelous will clarify all aspects of the ...

By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou Central prisons director Anna Aristotelous on Friday called for the appointment of independent criminal investigators after she said she was targeted by a senior ...

A man has been found guilty of raping his 11-year-old granddaughter over a period of eight months, with the young girl now suffering from stress disorders. The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court, ...