#Police

The embattled traffic camera system is to finally move up a gear and exit its extended pilot phase, as now another 20 stationary cameras are to be installed within six months, ...

A man wanted for police for aiding illegal entry was arrested on Monday night during a spot check along a Nicosia road, with the ID provided to officers proving false. ...

Paphos police busted a suspected burglar with assistance from a member of the public, but two others at the flat escaped through a window. Despite his attempts to flee and ...

Ayia Napa police are continuing their crackdown on illegalities in the town with their focus centred on illegal employment and unlicensed businesses – with multiple arrests and dozens of fines. The ...

Paphos police are looking for a woman suspected of withdrawing €9,500 from the account of a man who died in April. This follows a complaint lodged by the administrator of the ...

Two drunk drivers are to appear in court after being caught five times over the limit, in two separate incidents on Thursday night and early Friday morning. The first is ...

A 32-year-old permanent resident is under arrest on suspicion of stealing electricity from an EAC substation in Paphos. Paphos police said that they and technical staff from the EAC had ...

A search operation was mounted on Thursday night for a 42-year-old man reported missing while partying at a beach in Limassol, only for him to emerge from the sea some ...

A 58-year-old man is under arrest as police investigate a case of causing an injury, carrying a knife, making threats, public insults as well as for acts intended to cause ...

Two men are under arrest to facilitate investigations following a robbery in the Famagusta district. At around 10pm on July 17, an unknown man had entered a kiosk armed with a ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of driving under the influence of a controlled substance and traffic violations. During a traffic check on Thursday afternoon, police stopped a biker who ...

Dimitris Mamalikopoulos was sentenced to another 40 years in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of a further 24 charges – on top of previous murder related convictions. The Famagusta-Larnaca criminal ...

Police booked 34 people – including for illegal employment — after carrying out checks at 38 premises early on Wednesday as part of coordinated operations in the tourist resorts of Protaras and Ayia Napa ...

A 58-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a younger man with a knife in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The 34-year-old injured man was transferred to the ...

The police on Monday congratulated two teenagers for handing over a wallet full of cash that someone had earlier misplaced. In a press release, the police said the two teens – ...

Seventeen high-capacity motorcycles and five cars have been confiscated according to a police announcement on Monday. In the context of preventing road collisions and noise pollution, Z team and traffic ...

Police issued a warning on Monday regarding two email scams making the rounds, one purporting to have been send from the chief of police Stylianos Papatheodorou and the other from ...

A tourist of Chinese origin who visited Ayia Napa last year claims to have been racially targeted and abused by local police, causing him mental health issues. But Famagusta police ...

A hefty jail sentence of 11 years was handed down by the Larnaca criminal court on Thursday against a 34-year-old man found guilty of possessing 3.685kg of cocaine with intent to ...

An employee of the Sovereign Base Areas has been formally charged with seven offences relating to corruption in a public office (accepting monies and services) linked to local businesses within ...

A 32-year-old Paphos resident is in police custody after he was caught driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and without a licence and insurance, on Wednesday. Officers had ...

Police on Thursday were investigating the circumstances that led to the injury of a 69-year-old French tourist after a palm tree fell on her the previous day. In an announcement, ...

A 24-year-old man wanted by police in Cyprus for human trafficking was extradited from Germany on Wednesday following his arrest there by German authorities. The man, against whom a European ...

A 38-year-old man is under arrest as police investigate a case of assault and causing bodily harm, dangerous and reckless driving, causing malicious damage, obstructing a police officer and other ...