#Police

A total of 60 people were involved in a fight in Astromeritis on Sunday night. The fight began at around 9.30pm and two people were injured as a result, a spokesperson ...

Police on Wednesday rearrested a 44-year-old man, who was already in custody, as a suspect in the arson of several cars located in a workshop in Nicosia, as well as ...

Forensic doctors were on Tuesday working to determine the gender and age of the body discovered in an advanced stage of decomposition in the area of Sotira in the Famagusta ...

Head of the police branch of Isotita trade union Nikos Loizides on Tuesday said police chief Stelios Papatheodorou attempted to silence him and the union by sending him a “threatening ...

Ten people were found working illegally and arrested in Larnaca on Monday, with three more discovered in the Famagusta district later in the day, as part of coordinated police efforts ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 19-year-old on Monday woman to facilitate investigations regarding a case of alleged intervention in a police inquiry. According to police spokesperson Michalis Nicolaou, a 30-year-old ...

Police are trying to shed light on an incident that took place in Lakatamia, Nicosia, at 1.30am on Thursday, when a bomb exploded at a parking lot. Early investigations carried ...

An incident involving a convicted man who in December 2019 was sentenced to ten years in jail for attempted murder and who was released on parole in 2022, took place on Sunday. ...

A policeman was run over in Limassol on Monday. The policeman, who was on a bicycle, had attempted to pull a car over after a check found that it did ...

Police carried out 17 arrests related to 11 vehicle or building arson incidents on a nationwide basis in March, police spokesperson Christos Andreou said on Friday, adding that arson incidents are “a ...

Conditions at the police holding centre in Limassol are miserable – congestion, inadequate ventilation, rundown toilet facilities – report released on Tuesday by the ombudswoman’s office said. Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides drew ...

AFTER a year in office, Prezniktwo has successfully established the communications model of government, with a big emphasis on presentation, positive messaging and minimal action. Even the police force is ...

Police officers are over-reliant on messaging application Viber due to the lack of an official electronic communication method, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. ...

Parliament is set to vote on a bill which will explicitly criminalise falsely accusing police officers of crimes or conduct violations, after the bill passed through the House legal committee ...

The police branch of the Isotita trade union on Wednesday threatened legal action over plans to extend staff hours in the coming months. The police had on Tuesday announced a ...

Police said on Monday a 25-year-old man has been arrested, as a suspect for possession of child pornography. The man was arrested on Sunday just after noon, after police received ...

A fire broke out in a car while it was on the Larnaca-Nicosia highway in the area between Athienou and Lympia, with the police rushing to the area, authorities said ...

The police announced on Friday they are to increase their patrols for the long weekend, due to Monday’s public holiday. They said they are going to “take additional measures ...

The police are carrying out a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of fireworks and other pyrotechnics, ahead of the forthcoming Easter weekend. The force said on Thursday it ...

A 40-year-old Limassol resident was arrested as a suspect in a child pornography case, police said on Friday. According to police, the electronic crime unit discovered the suspect was allegedly ...

Police in Paphos are investigating arson, after a retired officer’s car was set alight in the evening, authorities said on Saturday. According to police, the fire was set at ...

A police car chase on Wednesday at Episkopi village ended with an accident on the road in Limassol. Officers tried to pull over a rental car, with three young individuals. ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...

An investigator will face criminal charges for deliberately failing to properly investigate the road death of Andreas Loizou back in 2012, the attorney general said on Thursday. The announcement came almost 12 ...